C API with *args and **kw

[Hrvoje Niksic]

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Miki <miki.tebeka at gmail.com> writes:

> However when running the test:
> from kw import kw
> kw(default="2")
> kw(1)
> kw()
>
> I get "bus error" on the 2'nd call (OS X Python 2.5.2).

When called without keywords, kwds is NULL.  You need to handle that
case explicitly.


>     if (NULL == defval) {
>         printf("no default\n");
>     }
>     else {
>         str = PyString_AsString(defval);
>         printf("default is %s\n", str);
>     }

Note that PyString_AsString expects a string; you should check that
with PyString_Check.

>     return Py_BuildValue("");

The equivalent of your Python code would be to return None using
Py_RETURN_NONE (sugar for Py_INCREF(Py_None); return Py_None;).