PyArg_Parse

[Michael Hudson]

"Brian Quinlan" <BrianQ at ActiveState.com> writes:

> > This is a bit of a silly question, but where is PyArg_Parse
> > documented?
> 
> Does that function even exist? PyArg_ParseTuple is documented at
> http://www.python.org/doc/ext/parseTuple.html

Yes, it's used with old-style (METH_OLDARGS) extension functions.

METH_OLDARGS is broken.  Don't use it in new code.  If you're using it
in old code, change the code.  Use METH_VARARGS and PyArg_ParseTuple,
which is documented above (in the wrong sodding manual...).

Cheers,
M.

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