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PyDoc_VAR(python_doc) = PyDoc_STR("A genus of constricting snakes in the Pythonidae family native "
"to the tropics and subtropics of the Eastern Hemisphere.");
.. c:macro:: Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(array)
Compute the length of a statically allocated C array at compile time.
The *array* argument must be a C array with a size known at compile time.
Passing an array with an unknown size, such as a heap-allocated array,
will result in a compilation error on some compilers, or otherwise produce
incorrect results.
This is roughly equivalent to::
sizeof(array) / sizeof((array)[0])
.. _api-objects: