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 |   Python/C API Reference Manual | 
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 | :Release: |version| | 
 | :Date: |today| | 
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 | This manual documents the API used by C and C++ programmers who want to write | 
 | extension modules or embed Python.  It is a companion to :ref:`extending-index`, | 
 | which describes the general principles of extension writing but does not | 
 | document the API functions in detail. | 
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 | .. toctree:: | 
 |    :maxdepth: 2 | 
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 |    intro.rst | 
 |    veryhigh.rst | 
 |    refcounting.rst | 
 |    exceptions.rst | 
 |    utilities.rst | 
 |    abstract.rst | 
 |    concrete.rst | 
 |    init.rst | 
 |    memory.rst | 
 |    objimpl.rst |