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+// Copyright (C) by Josh Blum. See LICENSE.txt for licensing information.
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Simple class to deal with smart locking/unlocking of python GIL
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+%{
+
+struct PyGILPhondler
+{
+    PyGILPhondler(void):
+        s(PyGILState_Ensure())
+    {
+        //NOP
+    }
+    ~PyGILPhondler(void)
+    {
+        PyGILState_Release(s);
+    }
+    PyGILState_STATE s;
+};
+
+%}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Simple class to deal with smart save/restore of python thread state
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+%{
+
+struct PyTSPhondler
+{
+    PyTSPhondler(void):
+        s(PyEval_SaveThread())
+    {
+        //NOP
+    }
+    ~PyTSPhondler(void)
+    {
+        PyEval_RestoreThread(s);
+    }
+    PyThreadState *s;
+};
+
+%}