};
extern const char *typename(unsigned int type);
-extern int type_from_string(const char *str);
+extern int type_from_string_gently(const char *str, ssize_t, int gentle);
+#define type_from_string(str) type_from_string_gently(str, -1, 0)
/*
* Return the current number of buckets in the object hashmap.
*/
struct object *lookup_object(const unsigned char *sha1);
-extern void *create_object(const unsigned char *sha1, int type, void *obj);
+extern void *create_object(const unsigned char *sha1, void *obj);
+
+void *object_as_type(struct object *obj, enum object_type type, int quiet);
/*
* Returns the object, having parsed it to find out what it is.