+#define wxPlatform "__WXMSW__"
+#define wxPlatName "wxMSW"
+#endif
+#ifdef __WXMAC__
+#define wxPlatform "__WXMAC__"
+#define wxPlatName "wxMac"
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __WXDEBUG__
+    int wxdebug = 1;
+#else
+    int wxdebug = 0;
+#endif
+
+    // These should be deprecated in favor of the PlatformInfo tuple built below...
+    PyDict_SetItemString(wxPython_dict, "Platform", PyString_FromString(wxPlatform));
+    PyDict_SetItemString(wxPython_dict, "USE_UNICODE", PyInt_FromLong(wxUSE_UNICODE));
+    PyDict_SetItemString(wxPython_dict, "__WXDEBUG__", PyInt_FromLong(wxdebug));
+
+    // Make a tuple of strings that gives more info about the platform.
+    PyObject* PlatInfo = PyList_New(0);
+    PyObject* obj;
+
+#define _AddInfoString(st) \
+    obj = PyString_FromString(st); \
+    PyList_Append(PlatInfo, obj); \
+    Py_DECREF(obj)
+
+    _AddInfoString(wxPlatform);
+    _AddInfoString(wxPlatName);
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+    _AddInfoString("unicode");
+#else
+    _AddInfoString("ansi");
+#endif
+#ifdef __WXGTK__
+#ifdef __WXGTK20__
+    _AddInfoString("gtk2");
+#else
+    _AddInfoString("gtk1");
+#endif
+#endif
+#ifdef __WXDEBUG__
+    _AddInfoString("wx-assertions-on");
+#else
+    _AddInfoString("wx-assertions-off");
+#endif
+    _AddInfoString(wxPy_SWIG_VERSION);    
+    
+#undef _AddInfoString
+
+    PyObject* PlatInfoTuple = PyList_AsTuple(PlatInfo);
+    Py_DECREF(PlatInfo);
+    PyDict_SetItemString(wxPython_dict, "PlatformInfo", PlatInfoTuple);
+
+    RETURN_NONE();
+}
+
+
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Check for existence of a wxApp, setting an exception if there isn't one.
+// This doesn't need to aquire the GIL because it should only be called from
+// an %exception before the lock is released.
+
+bool wxPyCheckForApp() {
+    if (wxTheApp != NULL)
+        return true;
+    else {
+        PyErr_SetString(wxPyNoAppError, "The wx.App object must be created first!");
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+void wxPyUserData_dtor(wxPyUserData* self) {
+    if (! wxPyDoingCleanup) {
+        wxPyBlock_t blocked = wxPyBeginBlockThreads();
+        Py_DECREF(self->m_obj);
+        self->m_obj = NULL;
+        wxPyEndBlockThreads(blocked);
+    }
+}
+
+
+void wxPyClientData_dtor(wxPyClientData* self) {
+    if (! wxPyDoingCleanup) {           // Don't do it during cleanup as Python
+                                        // may have already garbage collected the object...
+        if (self->m_incRef) {
+            wxPyBlock_t blocked = wxPyBeginBlockThreads();
+            Py_DECREF(self->m_obj);
+            wxPyEndBlockThreads(blocked);
+        }
+        self->m_obj = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+// This is called when an OOR controled object is being destroyed.  Although
+// the C++ object is going away there is no way to force the Python object
+// (and all references to it) to die too.  This causes problems (crashes) in
+// wxPython when a python shadow object attempts to call a C++ method using
+// the now bogus pointer... So to try and prevent this we'll do a little black
+// magic and change the class of the python instance to a class that will
+// raise an exception for any attempt to call methods with it.  See
+// _wxPyDeadObject in _core_ex.py for the implementation of this class.
+void wxPyOORClientData_dtor(wxPyOORClientData* self) {
+
+    static PyObject* deadObjectClass = NULL;
+
+    wxPyBlock_t blocked = wxPyBeginBlockThreads();
+    if (deadObjectClass == NULL) {
+        deadObjectClass = PyDict_GetItemString(wxPython_dict, "_wxPyDeadObject");
+        // TODO:  Can not wxASSERT here because inside a wxPyBeginBlock Threads,
+        // will lead to a deadlock when it tries to aquire the GIL again.
+        //wxASSERT_MSG(deadObjectClass != NULL, wxT("Can't get _wxPyDeadObject class!"));
+        Py_INCREF(deadObjectClass);
+    }
+
+
+    // Only if there is more than one reference to the object and we are
+    // holding the OOR reference:
+    if ( !wxPyDoingCleanup && self->m_obj->ob_refcnt > 1 && self->m_incRef) {
+        // bool isInstance = wxPyInstance_Check(self->m_obj);
+        // TODO same here
+        //wxASSERT_MSG(isInstance, wxT("m_obj not an instance!?!?!"));
+
+        // Call __del__, if there is one.
+        PyObject* func = PyObject_GetAttrString(self->m_obj, "__del__");
+        if (func) {
+            PyObject* rv = PyObject_CallMethod(self->m_obj, "__del__", NULL);
+            Py_XDECREF(rv);
+            Py_DECREF(func);
+        }
+        if (PyErr_Occurred())
+            PyErr_Clear();      // just ignore it for now
+
+
+        PyObject* dict = PyObject_GetAttrString(self->m_obj, "__dict__");
+        if (dict) {
+            // Clear the instance's dictionary
+            PyDict_Clear(dict);
+
+            // put the name of the old class into the instance, and then reset the
+            // class to be the dead class.
+            PyObject* klass = PyObject_GetAttrString(self->m_obj, "__class__");
+            PyObject* name =  PyObject_GetAttrString(klass, "__name__");
+            PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "_name", name);
+            PyObject_SetAttrString(self->m_obj, "__class__",  deadObjectClass);
+            //Py_INCREF(deadObjectClass);
+            Py_DECREF(klass);
+            Py_DECREF(name);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // m_obj is DECREF'd in the base class dtor...
+    wxPyEndBlockThreads(blocked);
+}
+
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Stuff used by OOR to find the right wxPython class type to return and to
+// build it.
+
+
+// The pointer type map is used when the "pointer" type name generated by SWIG
+// is not the same as the shadow class name, for example wxPyTreeCtrl
+// vs. wxTreeCtrl.  It needs to be referenced in Python as well as from C++,
+// so we'll just make it a Python dictionary in the wx module's namespace.
+// (See __wxSetDictionary)
+void wxPyPtrTypeMap_Add(const char* commonName, const char* ptrName) {
+    if (! wxPyPtrTypeMap)
+        wxPyPtrTypeMap = PyDict_New();
+    PyDict_SetItemString(wxPyPtrTypeMap,
+                         (char*)commonName,
+                         PyString_FromString((char*)ptrName));
+}
+
+
+
+
+PyObject*  wxPyMake_wxObject(wxObject* source, bool setThisOwn, bool checkEvtHandler) {
+    PyObject* target = NULL;
+    bool      isEvtHandler = false;
+    bool      isSizer = false;
+
+    if (source) {
+        // If it's derived from wxEvtHandler then there may
+        // already be a pointer to a Python object that we can use
+        // in the OOR data.
+        if (checkEvtHandler && wxIsKindOf(source, wxEvtHandler)) {
+            isEvtHandler = true;
+            wxEvtHandler* eh = (wxEvtHandler*)source;
+            wxPyOORClientData* data = (wxPyOORClientData*)eh->GetClientObject();
+            if (data) {
+                target = data->m_obj;
+                if (target)
+                    Py_INCREF(target);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Also check for wxSizer
+        if (!target && wxIsKindOf(source, wxSizer)) {
+            isSizer = true;
+            wxSizer* sz = (wxSizer*)source;
+            wxPyOORClientData* data = (wxPyOORClientData*)sz->GetClientObject();
+            if (data) {
+                target = data->m_obj;
+                if (target)
+                    Py_INCREF(target);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        if (! target) {
+            // Otherwise make it the old fashioned way by making a new shadow
+            // object and putting this pointer in it.  Look up the class
+            // heirarchy until we find a class name that is located in the
+            // python module.
+            const wxClassInfo* info   = source->GetClassInfo();
+            wxString           name   = info->GetClassName();
+            bool               exists = wxPyCheckSwigType(name);
+            while (info && !exists) {
+                info = info->GetBaseClass1();
+                name = info->GetClassName();
+                exists = wxPyCheckSwigType(name);
+            }
+            if (info) {
+                target = wxPyConstructObject((void*)source, name, setThisOwn);
+                if (target && isEvtHandler)
+                    ((wxEvtHandler*)source)->SetClientObject(new wxPyOORClientData(target));
+                if (target && isSizer)
+                    ((wxSizer*)source)->SetClientObject(new wxPyOORClientData(target));
+            } else {
+                wxString msg(wxT("wxPython class not found for "));
+                msg += source->GetClassInfo()->GetClassName();
+                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_NameError, msg.mbc_str());
+                target = NULL;
+            }
+        }
+    } else {  // source was NULL so return None.
+        Py_INCREF(Py_None); target = Py_None;
+    }
+    return target;
+}
+
+
+PyObject*  wxPyMake_wxSizer(wxSizer* source, bool setThisOwn) {
+
+    return wxPyMake_wxObject(source, setThisOwn);
+}
+
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+#ifdef WXP_WITH_THREAD
+#if !wxPyUSE_GIL_STATE
+
+inline
+unsigned long wxPyGetCurrentThreadId() {
+    return wxThread::GetCurrentId();
+}
+
+static wxPyThreadState gs_shutdownTState;
+
+static
+wxPyThreadState* wxPyGetThreadState() {
+    if (wxPyTMutex == NULL) // Python is shutting down...
+        return &gs_shutdownTState;
+
+    unsigned long ctid = wxPyGetCurrentThreadId();
+    wxPyThreadState* tstate = NULL;
+
+    wxPyTMutex->Lock();
+    for(size_t i=0; i < wxPyTStates->GetCount(); i++) {
+        wxPyThreadState& info = wxPyTStates->Item(i);
+        if (info.tid == ctid) {
+            tstate = &info;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    wxPyTMutex->Unlock();
+    wxASSERT_MSG(tstate, wxT("PyThreadState should not be NULL!"));
+    return tstate;
+}
+
+
+static
+void wxPySaveThreadState(PyThreadState* tstate) {
+    if (wxPyTMutex == NULL) { // Python is shutting down, assume a single thread...
+        gs_shutdownTState.tstate = tstate;
+        return;
+    }
+    unsigned long ctid = wxPyGetCurrentThreadId();
+    wxPyTMutex->Lock();
+    for(size_t i=0; i < wxPyTStates->GetCount(); i++) {
+        wxPyThreadState& info = wxPyTStates->Item(i);
+        if (info.tid == ctid) {
+#if 0
+            if (info.tstate != tstate)
+                wxLogMessage("*** tstate mismatch!???");
+#endif
+            info.tstate = tstate;    // allow for transient tstates
+            // Normally it will never change, but apparently COM callbacks
+            // (i.e. ActiveX controls) will (incorrectly IMHO) use a transient
+            // tstate which will then be garbage the next time we try to use
+            // it...
+
+            wxPyTMutex->Unlock();
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    // not found, so add it...
+    wxPyTStates->Add(new wxPyThreadState(ctid, tstate));
+    wxPyTMutex->Unlock();
+}
+
+#endif
+#endif
+
+
+
+// Calls from Python to wxWindows code are wrapped in calls to these
+// functions:
+
+PyThreadState* wxPyBeginAllowThreads() {
+#ifdef WXP_WITH_THREAD
+    PyThreadState* saved = PyEval_SaveThread();  // Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS;
+#if !wxPyUSE_GIL_STATE
+    wxPySaveThreadState(saved);
+#endif
+    return saved;
+#else
+    return NULL;
+#endif
+}
+
+void wxPyEndAllowThreads(PyThreadState* saved) {
+#ifdef WXP_WITH_THREAD
+    PyEval_RestoreThread(saved);   // Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS;
+#endif
+}
+
+
+
+// Calls from wxWindows back to Python code, or even any PyObject
+// manipulations, PyDECREF's and etc. are wrapped in calls to these functions:
+
+wxPyBlock_t wxPyBeginBlockThreads() {
+#ifdef WXP_WITH_THREAD
+    if (! Py_IsInitialized()) {
+        return (wxPyBlock_t)0;
+    }
+#if wxPyUSE_GIL_STATE
+    PyGILState_STATE state = PyGILState_Ensure();
+    return state;
+#else
+    PyThreadState *current = _PyThreadState_Current;
+
+    // Only block if there wasn't already a tstate, or if the current one is
+    // not the one we are wanting to change to.  This should prevent deadlock
+    // if there are nested calls to wxPyBeginBlockThreads
+    wxPyBlock_t blocked = false;
+    wxPyThreadState* tstate = wxPyGetThreadState();
+    if (current != tstate->tstate) {
+        PyEval_RestoreThread(tstate->tstate);
+        blocked = true;
+    }
+    return blocked;
+#endif
+#else
+    return (wxPyBlock_t)0;
+#endif
+}
+
+
+void wxPyEndBlockThreads(wxPyBlock_t blocked) {
+#ifdef WXP_WITH_THREAD
+    if (! Py_IsInitialized()) {
+        return;
+    }            
+#if wxPyUSE_GIL_STATE
+    PyGILState_Release(blocked);
+#else
+    // Only unblock if we blocked in the last call to wxPyBeginBlockThreads.
+    // The value of blocked passed in needs to be the same as that returned
+    // from wxPyBeginBlockThreads at the same nesting level.
+    if ( blocked ) {
+        PyEval_SaveThread();
+    }