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+// Copyright David Abrahams 2002.
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
+// accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+#ifndef REFCOUNT_DWA2002615_HPP
+# define REFCOUNT_DWA2002615_HPP
+
+# include <boost/python/detail/prefix.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/cast.hpp>
+
+namespace boost { namespace python { 
+
+template <class T>
+inline T* incref(T* p)
+{
+    Py_INCREF(python::upcast<PyObject>(p));
+    return p;
+}
+
+template <class T>
+inline T* xincref(T* p)
+{
+    Py_XINCREF(python::upcast<PyObject>(p));
+    return p;
+}
+
+template <class T>
+inline void decref(T* p)
+{
+    Py_DECREF(python::upcast<PyObject>(p));
+}
+
+template <class T>
+inline void xdecref(T* p)
+{
+    Py_XDECREF(python::upcast<PyObject>(p));
+}
+
+}} // namespace boost::python
+
+#endif // REFCOUNT_DWA2002615_HPP