} noddy_NoddyObject;
\end{verbatim}
-This is what a Noddy object will contain. In this case nothing more
-than every Python object contains - a refcount and a pointer to a type
+This is what a Noddy object will contain---in this case, nothing more
+than every Python object contains, namely a refcount and a pointer to a type
object. These are the fields the \code{PyObject_HEAD} macro brings
in. The reason for the macro is to standardize the layout and to
enable special debugging fields in debug builds. Note that there is
the macro definition. Be wary of adding one by accident; it's easy to
do from habit, and your compiler might not complain, but someone
else's probably will! (On Windows, MSVC is known to call this an
-error and refuse to produce compiled code.)
+error and refuse to compile the code.)
For contrast, let's take a look at the corresponding definition for
standard Python integers: