PyObject_CallFunction with keywords?

[Richard Cook]

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.

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