code: def list_to_bytes_list(strList):
      
      pList = c_char_p * len(strList)
  
      # if strList is already a pointerarray or None, there is nothing to do
      if isinstance(strList, (pList, type(None))):
          return strList
  
      if not isinstance(strList, (list, set, tuple)):
          raise TypeError("strList must be list, set or tuple, not " +
                  str(type(strList)))
  
      pList = pList()
      for i, elem in enumerate(strList):
          pList[i] = str_to_bytes(elem)
      return pList
docs: This function turns an array of strings into a pointer array
      with pointers pointing to the encodings of those strings
      Possibly contained bytes are kept as they are.
  
      :param strList: List of strings that shall be converted
      :type strList: List of strings
      :returns: Pointer array with pointers pointing to bytes
      :raises: TypeError if strList is not list, set or tuple