Merge branch 'next' of http://gnuradio.org/git/gnuradio into next

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/gr-uhd/swig/__init__.py b/gr-uhd/swig/__init__.py
index 5c0c011b7..1f82b4a26 100644
--- a/gr-uhd/swig/__init__.py
+++ b/gr-uhd/swig/__init__.py
@@ -32,9 +32,13 @@ def _prepare_uhd_swig():
     #Make the python tune request object inherit from float
     #so that it can be passed in GRC as a frequency parameter.
     #The type checking in GRC will accept the tune request.
+    #Also use kwargs to construct individual struct elements.
     class tune_request_t(uhd_swig.tune_request_t, float):
-        def __new__(self, *args): return float.__new__(self)
+        def __new__(self, *args, **kwargs): return float.__new__(self)
         def __float__(self): return self.target_freq
+        def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            super(tune_request_t, self).__init__(*args)
+            for key, val in kwargs.iteritems(): setattr(self, key, val)
     setattr(uhd_swig, 'tune_request_t', tune_request_t)
 
     #Make the python tune request object inherit from string