PyObject_CallFunction with keywords?

Richard Cook rcook at llnl.gov
Tue Apr 1 23:05:17 EST 2003


Never mind, duh:
PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords seems like it may do the trick.  :-)

At 6:39 PM -0800 4/1/03, Richard Cook wrote:
>Hi,
>Short question:
>Is it possible to pass keywords to a function with PyObject_CallObject()?
>
>
>Long question:
>I am using an embedded Python interpreter in our C program to 
>execute a method from a Python module (pexpect, to be exact).  At a 
>certain point, I wish to do the equivalent of the following Python 
>code in my C code:
>
>result =  obj.expect("hello", timeout=50);
>
>So I have a PyObject *f which points to obj.expect, and a PyObject 
>*s which is a list containing the string "hello".  I figure I have 
>to do:
>PyObject_CallObject(f, s, k)
>where k is the timeout parameter, but this does not match the param 
>list for PyObject_CallObject().
>
>My question is, how can I pass keyword parameters such as the 
>timeout parameter in my example to a function which accepts them? 
>The documentation for PyObject_CallObject says it is equivalent to 
>apply(o, args), but says nothing about the actual apply syntax:
>apply(o, args, keywords)
>where keywords is a dictionary.
>
>--
>Richard Cook
>Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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>Integrated Computing & Communications Dept.
>(opinions expressed herein are mine and not those of LLNL)


-- 
Richard Cook  
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Bldg-451 Rm-2043, Mail Stop L-561       
7000 East Avenue,  Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
phone (925) 423-9605 (work)    fax (925) 423-8704
---
Information Management & Graphics Grp., Services & Development Div., 
Integrated Computing & Communications Dept.
(opinions expressed herein are mine and not those of LLNL)





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