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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2001-07-20 20:59:49 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2001-07-20 20:59:49 (GMT)
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Corrected a section reference (title was wrong).
Added information on the return values of PyArg_ParseTuple() and PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords().
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@@ -547,8 +547,8 @@ This function must be registered with the interpreter using the
\constant{METH_VARARGS} flag; this is described in section
\ref{methodTable}, ``The Module's Method Table and Initialization
Function.'' The \cfunction{PyArg_ParseTuple()} function and its
-arguments are documented in section \ref{parseTuple}, ``Format Strings
-for \cfunction{PyArg_ParseTuple()}.''
+arguments are documented in section \ref{parseTuple}, ``Extracting
+Parameters in Extension Functions.''
The macros \cfunction{Py_XINCREF()} and \cfunction{Py_XDECREF()}
increment/decrement the reference count of an object and are safe in
@@ -651,7 +651,8 @@ must be a format string, whose syntax is explained below. The
remaining arguments must be addresses of variables whose type is
determined by the format string. For the conversion to succeed, the
\var{arg} object must match the format and the format must be
-exhausted.
+exhausted. On success, \cfunction{PyArg_ParseTuple()} returns true,
+otherwise it returns false and raises an appropriate exception.
Note that while \cfunction{PyArg_ParseTuple()} checks that the Python
arguments have the required types, it cannot check the validity of the
@@ -986,10 +987,12 @@ int PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(PyObject *arg, PyObject *kwdict,
The \var{arg} and \var{format} parameters are identical to those of the
\cfunction{PyArg_ParseTuple()} function. The \var{kwdict} parameter
-is the dictionary of keywords received as the third parameter from the
+is the dictionary of keywords received as the third parameter from the
Python runtime. The \var{kwlist} parameter is a \NULL{}-terminated
list of strings which identify the parameters; the names are matched
-with the type information from \var{format} from left to right.
+with the type information from \var{format} from left to right. On
+success, \cfunction{PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords()} returns true,
+otherwise it returns false and raises an appropriate exception.
\strong{Note:} Nested tuples cannot be parsed when using keyword
arguments! Keyword parameters passed in which are not present in the