Tcl_StoreIntRep(objPtr, &properByteArrayType, &ir);
}

/*
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * TclGetBytesFromObj --
 *
 *	Attempt to extract the value from objPtr in the representation
 *	of a byte sequence. On success return the extracted byte sequence.
 *	On failures, return NULL and record error message and code in
 *	interp (if not NULL).
 *
 * Results:
 *	Pointer to array of bytes, or NULL. representing the ByteArray object.
 *	Writes number of bytes in array to *lengthPtr.
 *
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

unsigned char *
TclGetBytesFromObj(
    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* For error reporting */
    Tcl_Obj *objPtr,		/* Value to extract from */
    int *lengthPtr)		/* If non-NULL, filled with length of the
				 * array of bytes in the ByteArray object. */
{
    ByteArray *baPtr;
    const Tcl_ObjIntRep *irPtr = TclFetchIntRep(objPtr, &properByteArrayType);

    if (irPtr == NULL) {
	SetByteArrayFromAny(NULL, objPtr);
	irPtr = TclFetchIntRep(objPtr, &properByteArrayType);
	if (irPtr == NULL) {
	    if (interp) {
		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
			"expected bytes but got non-byte character"));
		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "BYTES", NULL);
	    }
	    return NULL;
	}
    }
    baPtr = GET_BYTEARRAY(irPtr);

    if (lengthPtr != NULL) {
	*lengthPtr = baPtr->used;
    }
    return baPtr->bytes;
}

/*
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj --
 *
 *	Attempt to get the array of bytes from the Tcl object. If the object
 *	is not already a ByteArray object, an attempt will be made to convert
 *	it to one.
 *
 * Results:

unsigned char *
Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(
    Tcl_Obj *objPtr,		/* The ByteArray object. */
    int *lengthPtr)		/* If non-NULL, filled with length of the
				 * array of bytes in the ByteArray object. */
{
    ByteArray *baPtr;
    const Tcl_ObjIntRep *irPtr;
    unsigned char *result = TclGetBytesFromObj(NULL, objPtr, lengthPtr);

    if (result) {

	return result;




    }

    irPtr = TclFetchIntRep(objPtr, &tclByteArrayType);
    assert(irPtr != NULL);

    baPtr = GET_BYTEARRAY(irPtr);

    if (lengthPtr != NULL) {
	*lengthPtr = baPtr->used;
    }
    return baPtr->bytes;
}