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@@ -466,10 +466,10 @@ Later, when it is time to call the function, you call the C function
:cfunc:`PyEval_CallObject`. This function has two arguments, both pointers to
arbitrary Python objects: the Python function, and the argument list. The
argument list must always be a tuple object, whose length is the number of
-arguments. To call the Python function with no arguments, pass an empty tuple;
-to call it with one argument, pass a singleton tuple. :cfunc:`Py_BuildValue`
-returns a tuple when its format string consists of zero or more format codes
-between parentheses. For example::
+arguments. To call the Python function with no arguments, pass in NULL, or
+an empty tuple; to call it with one argument, pass a singleton tuple.
+:cfunc:`Py_BuildValue` returns a tuple when its format string consists of zero
+or more format codes between parentheses. For example::
int arg;
PyObject *arglist;
@@ -527,9 +527,22 @@ event code, you might use the following code::
Py_DECREF(result);
Note the placement of ``Py_DECREF(arglist)`` immediately after the call, before
-the error check! Also note that strictly spoken this code is not complete:
+the error check! Also note that strictly speaking this code is not complete:
:cfunc:`Py_BuildValue` may run out of memory, and this should be checked.
+You may also call a function with keyword arguments by using
+:cfunc:`PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords`. As in the above example, we use
+:cfunc:`Py_BuildValue` to construct the dictionary. ::
+
+ PyObject *dict;
+ ...
+ dict = Py_BuildValue("{s:i}", "name", val);
+ result = PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(my_callback, NULL, dict);
+ Py_DECREF(dict);
+ if (result == NULL)
+ return NULL; /* Pass error back */
+ /* Here maybe use the result */
+ Py_DECREF(result);
.. _parsetuple: