Reading a Delphi binary file in Python

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I have a file that was written with the following Delphi declaration ...


Type
  Tfulldata = Record
    dpoints, dloops : integer;
    dtime, bT, sT, hI, LI : real;
    tm : real;
    data : array[1..armax] Of Real;
  End;

...
Var:
  fh: File Of Tfulldata;

I want to analyse the data in the files (many MB in size) using Python if possible - is there an easy way to read in the data and cast the data into Python objects similar in form to the Delphi records? Does anyone know of a library perhaps that does this?

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