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diff --git a/testsuite/gna/issue1623/pyaux.py b/testsuite/gna/issue1623/pyaux.py
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+from sys import platform
+from pathlib import Path
+import ctypes
+import _ctypes
+from sys import stdout, stderr
+
+
+def dlopen(path):
+    if not Path(path).exists():
+        print('Executable binary not found: ' + path)
+        exit(1)
+    try:
+        return ctypes.CDLL(path)
+    except OSError:
+        print('Loading executables dynamically seems not to be supported on this platform')
+        exit(1)
+
+
+def dlclose(obj):
+    if platform == "win32":
+        _ctypes.FreeLibrary(obj._handle)
+    else:
+        _ctypes.dlclose(obj._handle)
+
+
+def enc_args(args):
+    xargs = (ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char) * len(args))()
+    for idx, arg in enumerate(args):
+        xargs[idx] = ctypes.create_string_buffer(arg.encode('utf-8'))
+    return xargs
+
+
+def run(path, argc, argv):
+    print("PY RUN ENTER")
+    ghdl = dlopen(path)
+    _ret = ghdl.entry(argc, argv)
+    stdout.flush()
+    stderr.flush()
+    dlclose(ghdl)
+    print("PY RUN EXIT <%d>" % _ret)
+    stdout.flush()
+    stderr.flush()