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+/* General utility routines for GDB/Python.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is part of GDB.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include "defs.h"
+#include "charset.h"
+#include "python-internal.h"
+
+
+/* This is a cleanup function which decrements the refcount on a
+   Python object.  */
+
+static void
+py_decref (void *p)
+{
+  PyObject *py = p;
+  /* Note that we need the extra braces in this 'if' to avoid a
+     warning from gcc.  */
+  if (py)
+    {
+      Py_DECREF (py);
+    }
+}
+
+/* Return a new cleanup which will decrement the Python object's
+   refcount when run.  */
+
+struct cleanup *
+make_cleanup_py_decref (PyObject *py)
+{
+  return make_cleanup (py_decref, (void *) py);
+}
+
+/* Converts a Python 8-bit string to a unicode string object.  Assumes the
+   8-bit string is in the host charset.  If an error occurs during conversion,
+   returns NULL with a python exception set.
+
+   As an added bonus, the functions accepts a unicode string and returns it
+   right away, so callers don't need to check which kind of string they've
+   got.
+
+   If the given object is not one of the mentioned string types, NULL is
+   returned, with the TypeError python exception set.  */
+PyObject *
+python_string_to_unicode (PyObject *obj)
+{
+  PyObject *unicode_str;
+
+  /* If obj is already a unicode string, just return it.
+     I wish life was always that simple...  */
+  if (PyUnicode_Check (obj))
+    unicode_str = obj;
+  else if (PyString_Check (obj))
+    unicode_str = PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject (obj, host_charset (), NULL);
+  else
+    {
+      PyErr_SetString (PyExc_TypeError,
+		       _("Expected a string or unicode object."));
+      unicode_str = NULL;
+    }
+
+  return unicode_str;
+}
+
+/* Returns a newly allocated string with the contents of the given unicode
+   string object converted to the target's charset.  If an error occurs during
+   the conversion, NULL will be returned and a python exception will be set.
+
+   The caller is responsible for xfree'ing the string.  */
+char *
+unicode_to_target_string (PyObject *unicode_str)
+{
+  char *target_string;
+  PyObject *string;
+
+  /* Translate string to target's charset.  */
+  string = PyUnicode_AsEncodedString (unicode_str, target_charset (), NULL);
+  if (string == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+
+  target_string = xstrdup (PyString_AsString (string));
+
+  Py_DECREF (string);
+
+  return target_string;
+}
+
+/* Converts a python string (8-bit or unicode) to a target string in
+   the target's charset.  Returns NULL on error, with a python exception set.
+
+   The caller is responsible for xfree'ing the string.  */
+char *
+python_string_to_target_string (PyObject *obj)
+{
+  PyObject *str;
+
+  str = python_string_to_unicode (obj);
+  if (str == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+
+  return unicode_to_target_string (str);
+}