diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
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+++ b/Objects/object.c
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+/* Object implementation; and 'noobject' implementation */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "PROTO.h"
+#include "object.h"
+#include "stringobject.h"
+#include "objimpl.h"
+#include "errors.h"
+
+extern object *err_nomem PROTO((void)); /* XXX from modsupport.c */
+
+int StopPrint; /* Flag to indicate printing must be stopped */
+
+/* Object allocation routines used by NEWOBJ and NEWVAROBJ macros */
+
+object *
+newobject(tp)
+	typeobject *tp;
+{
+	object *op = (object *) malloc(tp->tp_basicsize);
+	if (op == NULL)
+		return err_nomem();
+	NEWREF(op);
+	op->ob_type = tp;
+	return op;
+}
+
+#if 0 /* unused */
+
+varobject *
+newvarobject(tp, size)
+	typeobject *tp;
+	unsigned int size;
+{
+	varobject *op = (varobject *)
+		malloc(tp->tp_basicsize + size * tp->tp_itemsize);
+	if (op == NULL)
+		return err_nomem();
+	NEWREF(op);
+	op->ob_type = tp;
+	op->ob_size = size;
+	return op;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+static int prlevel;
+
+void
+printobject(op, fp, flags)
+	object *op;
+	FILE *fp;
+	int flags;
+{
+	/* Hacks to make printing a long or recursive object interruptible */
+	prlevel++;
+	if (!StopPrint && intrcheck()) {
+		fprintf(fp, "\n[print interrupted]\n");
+		StopPrint = 1;
+	}
+	if (!StopPrint) {
+		if (op == NULL) {
+			fprintf(fp, "<nil>");
+		}
+		else if (op->ob_type->tp_print == NULL) {
+			fprintf(fp, "<%s object at %lx>",
+				op->ob_type->tp_name, (long)op);
+		}
+		else {
+			(*op->ob_type->tp_print)(op, fp, flags);
+		}
+	}
+	prlevel--;
+	if (prlevel == 0)
+		StopPrint = 0;
+}
+
+object *
+reprobject(v)
+	object *v;
+{
+	object *w;
+	/* Hacks to make converting a long or recursive object interruptible */
+	prlevel++;
+	if (!StopPrint && intrcheck()) {
+		StopPrint = 1;
+		w = NULL;
+		err_set(KeyboardInterrupt);
+	}
+	if (!StopPrint) {
+		if (v == NULL) {
+			w = newstringobject("<nil>");
+		}
+		else if (v->ob_type->tp_repr == NULL) {
+			char buf[100];
+			sprintf(buf, "<%.80s object at %lx>",
+				v->ob_type->tp_name, (long)v);
+			w = newstringobject(buf);
+		}
+		else {
+			w = (*v->ob_type->tp_repr)(v);
+		}
+	}
+	prlevel--;
+	if (prlevel == 0)
+		StopPrint = 0;
+	return w;
+}
+
+int
+cmpobject(v, w)
+	object *v, *w;
+{
+	typeobject *tp;
+	if (v == w)
+		return 0;
+	if (v == NULL)
+		return -1;
+	if (w == NULL)
+		return 1;
+	if ((tp = v->ob_type) != w->ob_type)
+		return strcmp(tp->tp_name, w->ob_type->tp_name);
+	if (tp->tp_compare == NULL)
+		return (v < w) ? -1 : 1;
+	return ((*tp->tp_compare)(v, w));
+}
+
+
+/*
+NoObject is usable as a non-NULL undefined value, used by the macro None.
+There is (and should be!) no way to create other objects of this type,
+so there is exactly one.
+*/
+
+static void
+noprint(op, fp, flags)
+	object *op;
+	FILE *fp;
+	int flags;
+{
+	fprintf(fp, "<no value>");
+}
+
+static typeobject Notype = {
+	OB_HEAD_INIT(&Typetype)
+	0,
+	"novalue",
+	0,
+	0,
+	0,		/*tp_dealloc*/ /*never called*/
+	noprint,	/*tp_print*/
+};
+
+object NoObject = {
+	OB_HEAD_INIT(&Notype)
+};
+
+
+#ifdef TRACE_REFS
+
+static object refchain = {&refchain, &refchain};
+
+NEWREF(op)
+	object *op;
+{
+	ref_total++;
+	op->ob_refcnt = 1;
+	op->_ob_next = refchain._ob_next;
+	op->_ob_prev = &refchain;
+	refchain._ob_next->_ob_prev = op;
+	refchain._ob_next = op;
+}
+
+DELREF(op)
+	object *op;
+{
+	op->_ob_next->_ob_prev = op->_ob_prev;
+	op->_ob_prev->_ob_next = op->_ob_next;
+	(*(op)->ob_type->tp_dealloc)(op);
+}
+
+printrefs(fp)
+	FILE *fp;
+{
+	object *op;
+	fprintf(fp, "Remaining objects:\n");
+	for (op = refchain._ob_next; op != &refchain; op = op->_ob_next) {
+		fprintf(fp, "[%d] ", op->ob_refcnt);
+		printobject(op, fp, 0);
+		putc('\n', fp);
+	}
+}
+
+#endif