Converting Data from Python to C
The following functions are used to convert arguments passed from Python to C.
int PyArg_ParseTuple(PyObject * args, char * format, ...);
Parses a tuple of objects in args into a series of C variables. format is a format string containing zero or more of the specifier strings from Table B.1, which describes the expected contents of args . All the remaining arguments contain the addresses of C variables into which the results will be placed. The order and types of these arguments must match the specifiers used in format and use the C datatypes listed in Table B.1. Zero is returned if the arguments could not be parsed.
int PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(PyObject * args, PyObject * kwdict, char * format, char ** ...
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