text: /*--------------------------
   * common utility functions
   *--------------------------
   */
  
  #ifndef PLPY_UTIL_H
  #define PLPY_UTIL_H
  
  extern PyObject *PLyUnicode_Bytes(PyObject *unicode);
  extern char *PLyUnicode_AsString(PyObject *unicode);
  
  #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
  extern PyObject *PLyUnicode_FromString(const char *s);
  extern PyObject *PLyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size);
  #endif
  
  #endif   /* PLPY_UTIL_H */
  