import sys
try:
    import ffi
except ImportError:
    print("SKIP")
    sys.exit()

libc = ffi.open("libc.so.6")

qsort = libc.func("v", "qsort", "piip")

def cmp(pa, pb):
    a = ffi.as_bytearray(pa, 1)
    b = ffi.as_bytearray(pb, 1)
    #print("cmp:", a, b)
    return a[0] - b[0]

cmp_c = ffi.callback("i", cmp, "pp")

s = bytearray(b"foobar")
print("org string:", s)
qsort(s, len(s), 1, cmp_c)
print("qsort'ed:", s)