#ifndef ext_help_h
#define ext_help_h

#define RAISE_NOT_NULL(T) if(T == NULL) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "NULL found for " # T " when shouldn't be.");
#define DATA_GET(from,type,name) Data_Get_Struct(from,type,name); RAISE_NOT_NULL(name);
#define REQUIRE_TYPE(V, T) if(TYPE(V) != T) rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "Wrong argument type for " # V " required " # T);

/* for compatibility with Ruby 1.8.5, which doesn't declare RSTRING_PTR */
#ifndef RSTRING_PTR
#define RSTRING_PTR(s) (RSTRING(s)->ptr)
#endif

/* for compatibility with Ruby 1.8.5, which doesn't declare RSTRING_LEN */
#ifndef RSTRING_LEN
#define RSTRING_LEN(s) (RSTRING(s)->len)
#endif

#endif