Adds convenience GilState class to libshiboken.

GilState class puts some sugar over the Python GIL usage and also
adds the safety of a final GIL release when the GilState destructor
is called when get out of scope.

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+/*
+ * This file is part of the Shiboken Python Bindings Generator project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+ *
+ * Contact: PySide team <contact@pyside.org>
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+ *
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+ * version 2.1, the object code form of a "work that uses the Library"
+ * may incorporate material from a header file that is part of the
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+ * numerical parameters, data structure layouts, accessors, macros,
+ * inline functions and templates.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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+ */
+
+#ifndef GILSTATE_H
+#define GILSTATE_H
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+namespace Shiboken
+{
+
+class LIBSHIBOKEN_API GilState
+{
+public:
+    GilState() { m_gstate = PyGILState_Ensure(); }
+    ~GilState() { PyGILState_Release(m_gstate); }
+private:
+    PyGILState_STATE m_gstate;
+};
+
+} // namespace Shiboken
+
+#endif // GILSTATE_H
+