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+/*
+ * This file is part of the Shiboken Python Binding Generator project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+ *
+ * Contact: PySide team <contact@pyside.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * version 2.1 as published by the Free Software Foundation. Please
+ * review the following information to ensure the GNU Lesser General
+ * Public License version 2.1 requirements will be met:
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+ *
+ * As a special exception to the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * 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
+ * Library.  You may distribute such object code under terms of your
+ * choice, provided that the incorporated material (i) does not exceed
+ * more than 5% of the total size of the Library; and (ii) is limited to
+ * numerical parameters, data structure layouts, accessors, macros,
+ * inline functions and templates.
+ *
+ * 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
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ * 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include "helper.h"
+
+namespace Shiboken
+{
+
+int
+PySequence_to_argc_argv(_object* argList, char** argv[])
+{
+    if (!PySequence_Check(argList))
+        return -1;
+
+    int argc = (int) PySequence_Size(argList);
+    (*argv) = new char*[argc];
+    for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
+        PyObject* item = PySequence_GetItem(argList, i);
+        if (!PyString_Check(item)) {
+            argc = -1;
+            for (int j = 0; j < i; ++j)
+                delete (*argv)[j];
+            Py_DECREF(item);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        char *origArg = PyString_AS_STRING(item);
+        int size = strlen(origArg);
+        (*argv)[i] = new char[size+1];
+        (*argv)[i] = strcpy((*argv)[i], origArg);
+        Py_DECREF(item);
+    }
+
+    return argc;
+}
+
+} // namespace Shiboken