Many extensions simply provide functions for the Python code to use. In this case the only task that you have is to ensure that the C function can accept the arguments the Python function call passes ...

Python functions can use both positional and keyword arguments; the latter provide a certain level of documentation for an argument and its meaning, while allowing them to be given in any order in a ...

Python supports default values for arguments to functions, but those defaults are evaluated at function-definition time. A proposal to add defaults that are evaluated when the function is called has ...

New to python, and have a simple question. If a function I'm using requires a parameter to be a specific type, what is more pythonic : A) Cast the argument in the body of my function B) Expect ...

Although the Python type is listed as a string or bytes object, all that really matters is that the object supports the buffer protocol. Python strings are converted to UTF-8 C strings. Returning a Py ...