>>> from SDL import *
>>> SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK)
0
>>> j = SDL_JoystickOpen(0)
>>> type(j), repr(j)
(<type 'int'>, '136390160')
>>> SDL_JoystickIndex(j)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "/home/pete/src/ctypes-soc/SDL/dll.py", line 196, in _f
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
ctypes.ArgumentError: argument 1: exceptions.TypeError: wrong type