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567.1.2 The None Object
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60<a id='l2h-365' xml:id='l2h-365'></a>Note that the <tt class="ctype">PyTypeObject</tt> for <code>None</code> is not directly
61exposed in the Python/C API. Since <code>None</code> is a singleton,
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66<dl><dt>PyObject* <b><tt id='l2h-366' xml:id='l2h-366' class="cdata">Py_None</tt></b></dt>
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68 The Python <code>None</code> object, denoting lack of value. This object
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74<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-367' xml:id='l2h-367' class="macro">Py_RETURN_NONE</tt></b></dt>
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76 Properly handle returning <tt class="cdata">Py_None</tt> from within a C function.
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