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# Object Implementation Support

This chapter describes the functions, types, and macros used when defining new object types.

- Allocating Objects on the Heap
- Common Object Structures
- Type Objects
- Number Object Structures
- Mapping Object Structures
- Sequence Object Structures
- Buffer Object Structures
- Supporting Cyclic Garbage Collection

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