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| 61 | The functions in this chapter are specific to certain Python object |
| 62 | types. Passing them an object of the wrong type is not a good idea; |
| 63 | if you receive an object from a Python program and you are not sure |
| 64 | that it has the right type, you must perform a type check first; |
| 65 | for example, to check that an object is a dictionary, use |
| 66 | <tt class="cfunction">PyDict_Check()</tt>. The chapter is structured like the |
| 67 | ``family tree'' of Python object types. |
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| 70 | <span class="warning"><b class="label">Warning:</b> |
| 71 | While the functions described in this chapter carefully check |
| 72 | the type of the objects which are passed in, many of them do not check |
| 73 | for <tt class="constant">NULL</tt> being passed instead of a valid object. Allowing <tt class="constant">NULL</tt> |
| 74 | to be passed in can cause memory access violations and immediate |
| 75 | termination of the interpreter.</span> |
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