class_docstr: The main top-level class that you instantiate once, or once per module.
  
  Example usage:
  
      ffi = FFI()
      ffi.cdef("""
          int printf(const char *, ...);
      """)
  
      C = ffi.dlopen(None)   # standard library
      -or-
      C = ffi.verify()  # use a C compiler: verify the decl above is right
  
      C.printf("hello, %s!\n", ffi.new("char[]", "world"))
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code: def _typeof(self, cdecl, consider_function_as_funcptr=False):
      # string -> ctype object
      try:
          result = self._parsed_types[cdecl]
      except KeyError:
          with self._lock:
              result = self._typeof_locked(cdecl)
      #
      btype, really_a_function_type = result
      if really_a_function_type and not consider_function_as_funcptr:
          raise CDefError(
              "the type %r is a function type, not a "
              "pointer-to-function type" % (cdecl,)
          )
      return btype
  
imports: import sys, types
  from .lock import allocate_lock
  from .error import CDefError
  from .None import model
label_desc: Use image node_id 8 for calling the FFI obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj._typeof(cdecl, consider_function_as_funcptr) and returns: btype