gh-115172: Fix explicit index extries for the C API (GH-115173)

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@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ without intermediate copying.
Python provides such a facility at the C level in the form of the :ref:`buffer
protocol <bufferobjects>`. This protocol has two sides:
.. index:: single: PyBufferProcs
.. index:: single: PyBufferProcs (C type)
- on the producer side, a type can export a "buffer interface" which allows
objects of that type to expose information about their underlying buffer.

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@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ bound into a function.
.. versionchanged:: 3.11
Added ``qualname`` and ``exceptiontable`` parameters.
.. index:: single: PyCode_New
.. index:: single: PyCode_New (C function)
.. versionchanged:: 3.12
@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ bound into a function.
Similar to :c:func:`PyUnstable_Code_New`, but with an extra "posonlyargcount" for positional-only arguments.
The same caveats that apply to ``PyUnstable_Code_New`` also apply to this function.
.. index:: single: PyCode_NewWithPosOnlyArgs
.. index:: single: PyCode_NewWithPosOnlyArgs (C function)
.. versionadded:: 3.8 as ``PyCode_NewWithPosOnlyArgs``
@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ may change without deprecation warnings.
*free* will be called on non-``NULL`` data stored under the new index.
Use :c:func:`Py_DecRef` when storing :c:type:`PyObject`.
.. index:: single: _PyEval_RequestCodeExtraIndex
.. index:: single: _PyEval_RequestCodeExtraIndex (C function)
.. versionadded:: 3.6 as ``_PyEval_RequestCodeExtraIndex``
@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ may change without deprecation warnings.
If no data was set under the index, set *extra* to ``NULL`` and return
0 without setting an exception.
.. index:: single: _PyCode_GetExtra
.. index:: single: _PyCode_GetExtra (C function)
.. versionadded:: 3.6 as ``_PyCode_GetExtra``
@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ may change without deprecation warnings.
Set the extra data stored under the given index to *extra*.
Return 0 on success. Set an exception and return -1 on failure.
.. index:: single: _PyCode_SetExtra
.. index:: single: _PyCode_SetExtra (C function)
.. versionadded:: 3.6 as ``_PyCode_SetExtra``

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@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ For convenience, some of these functions will always return a
.. c:function:: PyObject* PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyObject *type)
.. index:: single: strerror()
.. index:: single: strerror (C function)
This is a convenience function to raise an exception when a C library function
has returned an error and set the C variable :c:data:`errno`. It constructs a
@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ Signal Handling
.. index::
pair: module; signal
single: SIGINT
single: SIGINT (C macro)
single: KeyboardInterrupt (built-in exception)
This function interacts with Python's signal handling.
@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ Signal Handling
.. index::
pair: module; signal
single: SIGINT
single: SIGINT (C macro)
single: KeyboardInterrupt (built-in exception)
Simulate the effect of a :c:macro:`!SIGINT` signal arriving.
@ -968,59 +968,59 @@ All standard Python exceptions are available as global variables whose names are
the variables:
.. index::
single: PyExc_BaseException
single: PyExc_Exception
single: PyExc_ArithmeticError
single: PyExc_AssertionError
single: PyExc_AttributeError
single: PyExc_BlockingIOError
single: PyExc_BrokenPipeError
single: PyExc_BufferError
single: PyExc_ChildProcessError
single: PyExc_ConnectionAbortedError
single: PyExc_ConnectionError
single: PyExc_ConnectionRefusedError
single: PyExc_ConnectionResetError
single: PyExc_EOFError
single: PyExc_FileExistsError
single: PyExc_FileNotFoundError
single: PyExc_FloatingPointError
single: PyExc_GeneratorExit
single: PyExc_ImportError
single: PyExc_IndentationError
single: PyExc_IndexError
single: PyExc_InterruptedError
single: PyExc_IsADirectoryError
single: PyExc_KeyError
single: PyExc_KeyboardInterrupt
single: PyExc_LookupError
single: PyExc_MemoryError
single: PyExc_ModuleNotFoundError
single: PyExc_NameError
single: PyExc_NotADirectoryError
single: PyExc_NotImplementedError
single: PyExc_OSError
single: PyExc_OverflowError
single: PyExc_PermissionError
single: PyExc_ProcessLookupError
single: PyExc_RecursionError
single: PyExc_ReferenceError
single: PyExc_RuntimeError
single: PyExc_StopAsyncIteration
single: PyExc_StopIteration
single: PyExc_SyntaxError
single: PyExc_SystemError
single: PyExc_SystemExit
single: PyExc_TabError
single: PyExc_TimeoutError
single: PyExc_TypeError
single: PyExc_UnboundLocalError
single: PyExc_UnicodeDecodeError
single: PyExc_UnicodeEncodeError
single: PyExc_UnicodeError
single: PyExc_UnicodeTranslateError
single: PyExc_ValueError
single: PyExc_ZeroDivisionError
single: PyExc_BaseException (C var)
single: PyExc_Exception (C var)
single: PyExc_ArithmeticError (C var)
single: PyExc_AssertionError (C var)
single: PyExc_AttributeError (C var)
single: PyExc_BlockingIOError (C var)
single: PyExc_BrokenPipeError (C var)
single: PyExc_BufferError (C var)
single: PyExc_ChildProcessError (C var)
single: PyExc_ConnectionAbortedError (C var)
single: PyExc_ConnectionError (C var)
single: PyExc_ConnectionRefusedError (C var)
single: PyExc_ConnectionResetError (C var)
single: PyExc_EOFError (C var)
single: PyExc_FileExistsError (C var)
single: PyExc_FileNotFoundError (C var)
single: PyExc_FloatingPointError (C var)
single: PyExc_GeneratorExit (C var)
single: PyExc_ImportError (C var)
single: PyExc_IndentationError (C var)
single: PyExc_IndexError (C var)
single: PyExc_InterruptedError (C var)
single: PyExc_IsADirectoryError (C var)
single: PyExc_KeyError (C var)
single: PyExc_KeyboardInterrupt (C var)
single: PyExc_LookupError (C var)
single: PyExc_MemoryError (C var)
single: PyExc_ModuleNotFoundError (C var)
single: PyExc_NameError (C var)
single: PyExc_NotADirectoryError (C var)
single: PyExc_NotImplementedError (C var)
single: PyExc_OSError (C var)
single: PyExc_OverflowError (C var)
single: PyExc_PermissionError (C var)
single: PyExc_ProcessLookupError (C var)
single: PyExc_RecursionError (C var)
single: PyExc_ReferenceError (C var)
single: PyExc_RuntimeError (C var)
single: PyExc_StopAsyncIteration (C var)
single: PyExc_StopIteration (C var)
single: PyExc_SyntaxError (C var)
single: PyExc_SystemError (C var)
single: PyExc_SystemExit (C var)
single: PyExc_TabError (C var)
single: PyExc_TimeoutError (C var)
single: PyExc_TypeError (C var)
single: PyExc_UnboundLocalError (C var)
single: PyExc_UnicodeDecodeError (C var)
single: PyExc_UnicodeEncodeError (C var)
single: PyExc_UnicodeError (C var)
single: PyExc_UnicodeTranslateError (C var)
single: PyExc_ValueError (C var)
single: PyExc_ZeroDivisionError (C var)
+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------+----------+
| C Name | Python Name | Notes |
@ -1151,9 +1151,9 @@ the variables:
These are compatibility aliases to :c:data:`PyExc_OSError`:
.. index::
single: PyExc_EnvironmentError
single: PyExc_IOError
single: PyExc_WindowsError
single: PyExc_EnvironmentError (C var)
single: PyExc_IOError (C var)
single: PyExc_WindowsError (C var)
+-------------------------------------+----------+
| C Name | Notes |
@ -1188,17 +1188,17 @@ names are ``PyExc_`` followed by the Python exception name. These have the type
the variables:
.. index::
single: PyExc_Warning
single: PyExc_BytesWarning
single: PyExc_DeprecationWarning
single: PyExc_FutureWarning
single: PyExc_ImportWarning
single: PyExc_PendingDeprecationWarning
single: PyExc_ResourceWarning
single: PyExc_RuntimeWarning
single: PyExc_SyntaxWarning
single: PyExc_UnicodeWarning
single: PyExc_UserWarning
single: PyExc_Warning (C var)
single: PyExc_BytesWarning (C var)
single: PyExc_DeprecationWarning (C var)
single: PyExc_FutureWarning (C var)
single: PyExc_ImportWarning (C var)
single: PyExc_PendingDeprecationWarning (C var)
single: PyExc_ResourceWarning (C var)
single: PyExc_RuntimeWarning (C var)
single: PyExc_SyntaxWarning (C var)
single: PyExc_UnicodeWarning (C var)
single: PyExc_UserWarning (C var)
+------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+----------+
| C Name | Python Name | Notes |

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@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ the :mod:`io` APIs instead.
.. c:function:: int PyFile_WriteObject(PyObject *obj, PyObject *p, int flags)
.. index:: single: Py_PRINT_RAW
.. index:: single: Py_PRINT_RAW (C macro)
Write object *obj* to file object *p*. The only supported flag for *flags* is
:c:macro:`Py_PRINT_RAW`; if given, the :func:`str` of the object is written

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@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ Initializing and finalizing the interpreter
pair: module; __main__
pair: module; sys
triple: module; search; path
single: Py_FinalizeEx()
single: Py_FinalizeEx (C function)
Initialize the Python interpreter. In an application embedding Python,
this should be called before using any other Python/C API functions; see
@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ operations could cause problems in a multi-threaded program: for example, when
two threads simultaneously increment the reference count of the same object, the
reference count could end up being incremented only once instead of twice.
.. index:: single: setswitchinterval() (in module sys)
.. index:: single: setswitchinterval (in module sys)
Therefore, the rule exists that only the thread that has acquired the
:term:`GIL` may operate on Python objects or call Python/C API functions.
@ -671,8 +671,7 @@ released around potentially blocking I/O operations like reading or writing
a file, so that other Python threads can run in the meantime.
.. index::
single: PyThreadState
single: PyThreadState
single: PyThreadState (C type)
The Python interpreter keeps some thread-specific bookkeeping information
inside a data structure called :c:type:`PyThreadState`. There's also one
@ -698,8 +697,8 @@ This is so common that a pair of macros exists to simplify it::
Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
.. index::
single: Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
single: Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
single: Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS (C macro)
single: Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS (C macro)
The :c:macro:`Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS` macro opens a new block and declares a
hidden local variable; the :c:macro:`Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS` macro closes the
@ -714,8 +713,8 @@ The block above expands to the following code::
PyEval_RestoreThread(_save);
.. index::
single: PyEval_RestoreThread()
single: PyEval_SaveThread()
single: PyEval_RestoreThread (C function)
single: PyEval_SaveThread (C function)
Here is how these functions work: the global interpreter lock is used to protect the pointer to the
current thread state. When releasing the lock and saving the thread state,
@ -1399,8 +1398,8 @@ function. You can create and destroy them using the following functions:
may be stored internally on the :c:type:`PyInterpreterState`.
.. index::
single: Py_FinalizeEx()
single: Py_Initialize()
single: Py_FinalizeEx (C function)
single: Py_Initialize (C function)
Extension modules are shared between (sub-)interpreters as follows:
@ -1428,7 +1427,7 @@ function. You can create and destroy them using the following functions:
As with multi-phase initialization, this means that only C-level static
and global variables are shared between these modules.
.. index:: single: close() (in module os)
.. index:: single: close (in module os)
.. c:function:: PyThreadState* Py_NewInterpreter(void)
@ -1451,7 +1450,7 @@ function. You can create and destroy them using the following functions:
.. c:function:: void Py_EndInterpreter(PyThreadState *tstate)
.. index:: single: Py_FinalizeEx()
.. index:: single: Py_FinalizeEx (C function)
Destroy the (sub-)interpreter represented by the given thread state.
The given thread state must be the current thread state. See the
@ -1543,8 +1542,6 @@ pointer and a void pointer argument.
.. c:function:: int Py_AddPendingCall(int (*func)(void *), void *arg)
.. index:: single: Py_AddPendingCall()
Schedule a function to be called from the main interpreter thread. On
success, ``0`` is returned and *func* is queued for being called in the
main thread. On failure, ``-1`` is returned without setting any exception.

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@ -325,8 +325,8 @@ objects that reference each other here; for now, the solution
is "don't do that.")
.. index::
single: Py_INCREF()
single: Py_DECREF()
single: Py_INCREF (C function)
single: Py_DECREF (C function)
Reference counts are always manipulated explicitly. The normal way is
to use the macro :c:func:`Py_INCREF` to take a new reference to an
@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ function, that function assumes that it now owns that reference, and you are not
responsible for it any longer.
.. index::
single: PyList_SetItem()
single: PyTuple_SetItem()
single: PyList_SetItem (C function)
single: PyTuple_SetItem (C function)
Few functions steal references; the two notable exceptions are
:c:func:`PyList_SetItem` and :c:func:`PyTuple_SetItem`, which steal a reference
@ -491,8 +491,8 @@ using :c:func:`PySequence_GetItem` (which happens to take exactly the same
arguments), you do own a reference to the returned object.
.. index::
single: PyList_GetItem()
single: PySequence_GetItem()
single: PyList_GetItem (C function)
single: PySequence_GetItem (C function)
Here is an example of how you could write a function that computes the sum of
the items in a list of integers; once using :c:func:`PyList_GetItem`, and once
@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ caller, then to the caller's caller, and so on, until they reach the top-level
interpreter, where they are reported to the user accompanied by a stack
traceback.
.. index:: single: PyErr_Occurred()
.. index:: single: PyErr_Occurred (C function)
For C programmers, however, error checking always has to be explicit. All
functions in the Python/C API can raise exceptions, unless an explicit claim is
@ -601,8 +601,8 @@ ambiguous return value, and require explicit testing for errors with
:c:func:`PyErr_Occurred`. These exceptions are always explicitly documented.
.. index::
single: PyErr_SetString()
single: PyErr_Clear()
single: PyErr_SetString (C function)
single: PyErr_Clear (C function)
Exception state is maintained in per-thread storage (this is equivalent to
using global storage in an unthreaded application). A thread can be in one of
@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ an exception is being passed on between C functions until it reaches the Python
bytecode interpreter's main loop, which takes care of transferring it to
``sys.exc_info()`` and friends.
.. index:: single: exc_info() (in module sys)
.. index:: single: exc_info (in module sys)
Note that starting with Python 1.5, the preferred, thread-safe way to access the
exception state from Python code is to call the function :func:`sys.exc_info`,
@ -709,9 +709,9 @@ Here is the corresponding C code, in all its glory::
.. index:: single: incr_item()
.. index::
single: PyErr_ExceptionMatches()
single: PyErr_Clear()
single: Py_XDECREF()
single: PyErr_ExceptionMatches (C function)
single: PyErr_Clear (C function)
single: Py_XDECREF (C function)
This example represents an endorsed use of the ``goto`` statement in C!
It illustrates the use of :c:func:`PyErr_ExceptionMatches` and
@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ the finalization, of the Python interpreter. Most functionality of the
interpreter can only be used after the interpreter has been initialized.
.. index::
single: Py_Initialize()
single: Py_Initialize (C function)
pair: module; builtins
pair: module; __main__
pair: module; sys
@ -770,10 +770,10 @@ environment variable :envvar:`PYTHONHOME`, or insert additional directories in
front of the standard path by setting :envvar:`PYTHONPATH`.
.. index::
single: Py_GetPath()
single: Py_GetPrefix()
single: Py_GetExecPrefix()
single: Py_GetProgramFullPath()
single: Py_GetPath (C function)
single: Py_GetPrefix (C function)
single: Py_GetExecPrefix (C function)
single: Py_GetProgramFullPath (C function)
The embedding application can steer the search by setting
:c:member:`PyConfig.program_name` *before* calling
@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ control has to provide its own implementation of :c:func:`Py_GetPath`,
:c:func:`Py_GetPrefix`, :c:func:`Py_GetExecPrefix`, and
:c:func:`Py_GetProgramFullPath` (all defined in :file:`Modules/getpath.c`).
.. index:: single: Py_IsInitialized()
.. index:: single: Py_IsInitialized (C function)
Sometimes, it is desirable to "uninitialize" Python. For instance, the
application may want to start over (make another call to

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@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ distinguished from a number. Use :c:func:`PyErr_Occurred` to disambiguate.
.. c:function:: long PyLong_AsLong(PyObject *obj)
.. index::
single: LONG_MAX
single: LONG_MAX (C macro)
single: OverflowError (built-in exception)
Return a C :c:expr:`long` representation of *obj*. If *obj* is not an
@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ distinguished from a number. Use :c:func:`PyErr_Occurred` to disambiguate.
.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyLong_AsSsize_t(PyObject *pylong)
.. index::
single: PY_SSIZE_T_MAX
single: PY_SSIZE_T_MAX (C macro)
single: OverflowError (built-in exception)
Return a C :c:type:`Py_ssize_t` representation of *pylong*. *pylong* must
@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ distinguished from a number. Use :c:func:`PyErr_Occurred` to disambiguate.
.. c:function:: unsigned long PyLong_AsUnsignedLong(PyObject *pylong)
.. index::
single: ULONG_MAX
single: ULONG_MAX (C macro)
single: OverflowError (built-in exception)
Return a C :c:expr:`unsigned long` representation of *pylong*. *pylong*
@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ distinguished from a number. Use :c:func:`PyErr_Occurred` to disambiguate.
.. c:function:: size_t PyLong_AsSize_t(PyObject *pylong)
.. index::
single: SIZE_MAX
single: SIZE_MAX (C macro)
single: OverflowError (built-in exception)
Return a C :c:type:`size_t` representation of *pylong*. *pylong* must be

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@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ buffers is performed on demand by the Python memory manager through the Python/C
API functions listed in this document.
.. index::
single: malloc()
single: calloc()
single: realloc()
single: free()
single: malloc (C function)
single: calloc (C function)
single: realloc (C function)
single: free (C function)
To avoid memory corruption, extension writers should never try to operate on
Python objects with the functions exported by the C library: :c:func:`malloc`,

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@ -561,9 +561,9 @@ The following flags can be used with :c:member:`PyMemberDef.flags`:
:c:member:`PyMemberDef.offset` to the offset from the ``PyObject`` struct.
.. index::
single: READ_RESTRICTED
single: WRITE_RESTRICTED
single: RESTRICTED
single: READ_RESTRICTED (C macro)
single: WRITE_RESTRICTED (C macro)
single: RESTRICTED (C macro)
.. versionchanged:: 3.10
@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ The following flags can be used with :c:member:`PyMemberDef.flags`:
:c:macro:`Py_AUDIT_READ`; :c:macro:`!WRITE_RESTRICTED` does nothing.
.. index::
single: READONLY
single: READONLY (C macro)
.. versionchanged:: 3.12
@ -637,24 +637,24 @@ Macro name C type Python type
Reading a ``NULL`` pointer raises :py:exc:`AttributeError`.
.. index::
single: T_BYTE
single: T_SHORT
single: T_INT
single: T_LONG
single: T_LONGLONG
single: T_UBYTE
single: T_USHORT
single: T_UINT
single: T_ULONG
single: T_ULONGULONG
single: T_PYSSIZET
single: T_FLOAT
single: T_DOUBLE
single: T_BOOL
single: T_CHAR
single: T_STRING
single: T_STRING_INPLACE
single: T_OBJECT_EX
single: T_BYTE (C macro)
single: T_SHORT (C macro)
single: T_INT (C macro)
single: T_LONG (C macro)
single: T_LONGLONG (C macro)
single: T_UBYTE (C macro)
single: T_USHORT (C macro)
single: T_UINT (C macro)
single: T_ULONG (C macro)
single: T_ULONGULONG (C macro)
single: T_PYSSIZET (C macro)
single: T_FLOAT (C macro)
single: T_DOUBLE (C macro)
single: T_BOOL (C macro)
single: T_CHAR (C macro)
single: T_STRING (C macro)
single: T_STRING_INPLACE (C macro)
single: T_OBJECT_EX (C macro)
single: structmember.h
.. versionadded:: 3.12

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@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ Process Control
.. c:function:: void Py_FatalError(const char *message)
.. index:: single: abort()
.. index:: single: abort (C function)
Print a fatal error message and kill the process. No cleanup is performed.
This function should only be invoked when a condition is detected that would
@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ Process Control
.. c:function:: void Py_Exit(int status)
.. index::
single: Py_FinalizeEx()
single: exit()
single: Py_FinalizeEx (C function)
single: exit (C function)
Exit the current process. This calls :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx` and then calls the
standard C library function ``exit(status)``. If :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx`
@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ Process Control
.. c:function:: int Py_AtExit(void (*func) ())
.. index::
single: Py_FinalizeEx()
single: Py_FinalizeEx (C function)
single: cleanup functions
Register a cleanup function to be called by :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx`. The cleanup

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@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ the same library that the Python runtime is using.
.. c:var:: int Py_eval_input
.. index:: single: Py_CompileString()
.. index:: single: Py_CompileString (C function)
The start symbol from the Python grammar for isolated expressions; for use with
:c:func:`Py_CompileString`.
@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ the same library that the Python runtime is using.
.. c:var:: int Py_file_input
.. index:: single: Py_CompileString()
.. index:: single: Py_CompileString (C function)
The start symbol from the Python grammar for sequences of statements as read
from a file or other source; for use with :c:func:`Py_CompileString`. This is
@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ the same library that the Python runtime is using.
.. c:var:: int Py_single_input
.. index:: single: Py_CompileString()
.. index:: single: Py_CompileString (C function)
The start symbol from the Python grammar for a single statement; for use with
:c:func:`Py_CompileString`. This is the symbol used for the interactive

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@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ reference count of an object and are safe in the presence of ``NULL`` pointers
(but note that *temp* will not be ``NULL`` in this context). More info on them
in section :ref:`refcounts`.
.. index:: single: PyObject_CallObject()
.. index:: single: PyObject_CallObject (C function)
Later, when it is time to call the function, you call the C function
:c:func:`PyObject_CallObject`. This function has two arguments, both pointers to
@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ the above example, we use :c:func:`Py_BuildValue` to construct the dictionary. :
Extracting Parameters in Extension Functions
============================================
.. index:: single: PyArg_ParseTuple()
.. index:: single: PyArg_ParseTuple (C function)
The :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple` function is declared as follows::
@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ Some example calls::
Keyword Parameters for Extension Functions
==========================================
.. index:: single: PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords()
.. index:: single: PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords (C function)
The :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords` function is declared as follows::

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@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ If your type supports garbage collection, the destructor should call
}
.. index::
single: PyErr_Fetch()
single: PyErr_Restore()
single: PyErr_Fetch (C function)
single: PyErr_Restore (C function)
One important requirement of the deallocator function is that it leaves any
pending exceptions alone. This is important since deallocators are frequently

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@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ To find out what card the pair consists of, one could use the
Simulating scanf()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. index:: single: scanf()
.. index:: single: scanf (C function)
Python does not currently have an equivalent to :c:func:`!scanf`. Regular
expressions are generally more powerful, though also more verbose, than