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the object type of object \var{o}. On failure, raises
\exception{SystemError} and returns \NULL. This is equivalent to
the Python expression \code{type(\var{o})}.
+ This function increments the reference count of the return value.
+ There's really no reason to use this function instead of the
+ common expression \code{\var{o}->ob_type}, which returns a pointer
+ of type \code{PyTypeObject *}, except when the incremented reference
+ count is needed.
\bifuncindex{type}
\end{cfuncdesc}