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#ifndef HELPER_H
#define HELPER_H

#include "sbkpython.h"
#include "shibokenmacros.h"
#include "autodecref.h"

#define SBK_UNUSED(x)   (void)x;

namespace Shiboken
{

/**
* It transforms a python sequence into two C variables, argc and argv.
* This function tries to find the application (script) name and put it into argv[0], if
* the application name can't be guessed, defaultAppName will be used.
*
* No memory is allocated is an error occur.
*
* \note argc must be a valid address.
* \note The argv array is allocated using new operator and each item is allocated using malloc.
* \returns True on sucess, false otherwise.
*/
LIBSHIBOKEN_API bool listToArgcArgv(PyObject* argList, int* argc, char*** argv, const char* defaultAppName = 0);

/**
 * Convert a python sequence into a heap-allocated array of ints.
 *
 * \returns The newly allocated array or NULL in case of error or empty sequence. Check with PyErr_Occurred
 *          if it was successfull.
 */
LIBSHIBOKEN_API int* sequenceToIntArray(PyObject* obj, bool zeroTerminated = false);

/**
 *  Creates and automatically deallocates C++ arrays.
 */
template<class T>
class AutoArrayPointer
{
    public:
        AutoArrayPointer(int size) { data = new T[size]; }
        T& operator[](int pos) { return data[pos]; }
        operator T*() const { return data; }
        ~AutoArrayPointer() { delete[] data; }
    private:
        T* data;
};

/**
 * An utility function used to call PyErr_WarnEx with a formatted message.
 */
LIBSHIBOKEN_API int warning(PyObject* category, int stacklevel, const char* format, ...);

} // namespace Shiboken

#endif // HELPER_H