/*--------------------------
 * common utility functions
 *--------------------------
 */

#ifndef PLPY_UTIL_H
#define PLPY_UTIL_H

extern void *PLy_malloc(size_t);
extern void *PLy_malloc0(size_t);
extern char *PLy_strdup(const char *);
extern void PLy_free(void *);

extern PyObject *PLyUnicode_Bytes(PyObject *unicode);
extern char *PLyUnicode_AsString(PyObject *unicode);

#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
extern PyObject *PLyUnicode_FromString(const char *s);
#endif

#endif	/* PLPY_UTIL_H */
