The PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords() function is declared as follows:
int PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(PyObject *arg, PyObject *kwdict,
char *format, char **kwlist, ...);The arg and format parameters are identical to those of the PyArg_ParseTuple() function. The kwdict parameter is the dictionary of keywords received as the third parameter from the Python runtime. The kwlist parameter is a NULL-terminated list of strings which identify the parameters; the names are matched with the type information from format from left to right.
Note: Nested tuples cannot be parsed when using keyword arguments! Keyword parameters passed in which are not present in the kwlist will cause a TypeError to be raised.
Here is an example module which uses keywords, based on an example by Geoff Philbrick (philbrick@hks.com):
#include <stdio.h>
#include "Python.h"
static PyObject *
keywdarg_parrot(self, args, keywds)
PyObject *self;
PyObject *args;
PyObject *keywds;
{
int voltage;
char *state = "a stiff";
char *action = "voom";
char *type = "Norwegian Blue";
static char *kwlist[] = {"voltage", "state", "action", "type", NULL};
if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, keywds, "i|sss", kwlist,
&voltage, &state, &action, &type))
return NULL;
printf("-- This parrot wouldn't %s if you put %i Volts through it.\n",
action, voltage);
printf("-- Lovely plumage, the %s -- It's %s!\n", type, state);
Py_INCREF(Py_None);
return Py_None;
}
static PyMethodDef keywdarg_methods[] = {
{"parrot", (PyCFunction)keywdarg_parrot, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS},
{NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
};
void
initkeywdarg()
{
/* Create the module and add the functions */
Py_InitModule("keywdarg", keywdarg_methods);
}