Well, turns out that while the keyword dictionary thing is complex, my problem was elsewhere. Is it possible that the documentation is wrong?

The capital "S" in the docs state this -> S (object) [PyObject *] Same as O. here http://docs.python.org/2/c-api/arg.html?highlight=keyword#Py_BuildValue But "S" it has string checking properties as opposed to "O".

E.g. "if ( ! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "|OSllS"... != "if ( ! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "|OOllO"...

Anyway, got my thing figured out :)

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Robert Steckroth <robertsteckroth@gmail.com>wrote:

Hey Gang, I have come across the need to pass both keywords and arguments from one function to another. The keywords are passing just fine with a PyObjectCall command. However, if the user does not specify any keywords at the interpretor, the command will seg-fault. The docs state that keywords argument can be NULL, but this does not work with NULL set objects. How do I build a keywords dictionary which can function correctly if there are none to start with or if the user defined some? I am thinking it can be done with a PyDict() like command?

The below snippet is the scenario I am trying to achieve -->

if ( kwds ) { self->c_surface = PyObject_Call((PyObject *) &PyMyObject_Type, object_args, kwds); } else { self->c_surface = PyObject_Call((PyObject *) &PyMyObject_Type, object_args, NULL); }

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