#ifndef arc_h
#define arc_h

/**
 *  Retains an Objective-C object and returns a pointer that can be passed to C.
 *  @param object The object to retain
 *  @return Pointer suitable to be stored in C code.
 */
static inline void *arc_retain(id object) {
    return (__bridge_retained void *)object;
}

/**
 *  Releases the Objective-C object pointed to by a C pointer.
 *  @param pointer Object pointer to release.
 */
static inline void arc_release(void *pointer) {
    id object = (__bridge_transfer id)pointer;
    object = nil;
}

#endif