python-libcec example not working: 'module' object has no attribute 'libcec_configuration'

[Marc Finet]

I installed the python-libcec package. And gunzipped the /usr/share/doc/python-libcec/examples/pyCecClient.py.gz

However the example does not work and reports: "'module' object has no attribute 'libcec_configuration'":

pi@pi3kodi:~ $ python pyCecClient.py
<module 'cec' from '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cec/__init__.pyc'>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "pyCecClient.py", line 38, in <module>
    class pyCecClient:
  File "pyCecClient.py", line 39, in pyCecClient
    cecconfig = cec.libcec_configuration()
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'libcec_configuration'

Probably related to https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/libcec/issues/394 (other possible upstream issues: https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/libcec/issues?q=is%3Aissue+module+libcec_configuration+)

Thanks