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An interface for this function already exists in the standard module os - it was chosen as a simple and straightfoward example.
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The metaphor of ``borrowing'' a reference is not completely correct: the owner still has a copy of the reference.
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...completely.
Checking that the reference count is at least 1 does not work - the reference count itself could be in freed memory and may thus be reused for another object!
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...tuple.
These guarantees don't hold when you use the ``old'' style calling convention - this is still found in much existing code.
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...directory.
Check the manual page of the dl package for details.
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