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+/* String object interface */
+
+/*
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+Type stringobject represents a character string. An extra zero byte is
+reserved at the end to ensure it is zero-terminated, but a size is
+present so strings with null bytes in them can be represented. This
+is an immutable object type.
+
+There are functions to create new string objects, to test
+an object for string-ness, and to get the
+string value. The latter function returns a null pointer
+if the object is not of the proper type.
+There is a variant that takes an explicit size as well as a
+variant that assumes a zero-terminated string. Note that none of the
+functions should be applied to nil objects.
+*/
+
+/* NB The type is revealed here only because it is used in dictobject.c */
+
+typedef struct {
+ OB_VARHEAD
+ char ob_sval[1];
+} stringobject;
+
+extern typeobject Stringtype;
+
+#define is_stringobject(op) ((op)->ob_type == &Stringtype)
+
+extern object *newsizedstringobject PROTO((char *, int));
+extern object *newstringobject PROTO((char *));
+extern unsigned int getstringsize PROTO((object *));
+extern char *getstringvalue PROTO((object *));
+extern void joinstring PROTO((object **, object *));
+extern int resizestring PROTO((object **, int));
+
+/* Macro, trading safety for speed */
+#define GETSTRINGVALUE(op) ((op)->ob_sval)