py: Fix bug passing a string as a keyword arg in a dict.

Addresses issue #1998.

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diff --git a/tests/basics/fun_calldblstar2.py b/tests/basics/fun_calldblstar2.py
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+# test passing a string object as the key for a keyword argument
+
+# they key in this dict is a string object and is not interned
+args = {'thisisaverylongargumentname': 123}
+
+# when this string is executed it will intern the keyword argument
+exec("def foo(*,thisisaverylongargumentname=1):\n print(thisisaverylongargumentname)")
+
+# test default arg
+foo()
+
+# the string from the dict should match the interned keyword argument
+foo(**args)