#ifndef Py_COBJECT_H
#define Py_COBJECT_H
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/***********************************************************
Copyright 1991-1995 by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.

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******************************************************************/

/* C objects to be exported from one extension module to another.
 
   C objects are used for communication between extension modules.
   They provide a way for an extension module to export a C interface
   to other extension modules, so that extension modules can use the
   Python import mechanism to link to one another.

*/

extern DL_IMPORT(PyTypeObject) PyCObject_Type;

#define PyCObject_Check(op) ((op)->ob_type == &PyCObject_Type)

/* Create a PyCObject from a pointer to a C object and an optional
   destrutor function.  If the second argument is non-null, then it
   will be called with the first argument if and when the PyCObject is
   destroyed.

*/

extern PyObject *
PyCObject_FromVoidPtr Py_PROTO((void *cobj, void (*destruct)(void*)));

/* Retrieve a pointer to a C object from a PyCObject. */
extern void *
PyCObject_AsVoidPtr Py_PROTO((PyObject *));

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* !Py_COBJECT_H */