-VLC_EXPORT( void *, __vlc_object_create, ( vlc_object_t *, int ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( void, __vlc_object_destroy, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( void, __vlc_object_kill, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( vlc_bool_t, __vlc_object_dying_unlocked, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( vlc_bool_t, __vlc_object_dying, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( void, __vlc_object_attach, ( vlc_object_t *, vlc_object_t * ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( void, __vlc_object_detach, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( void *, __vlc_object_get, ( vlc_object_t *, int ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( void *, __vlc_object_find, ( vlc_object_t *, int, int ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( void *, __vlc_object_find_name, ( vlc_object_t *, const char *, int ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( void, __vlc_object_yield, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( void, __vlc_object_release, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( vlc_list_t *, __vlc_list_find, ( vlc_object_t *, int, int ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( void, vlc_list_release, ( vlc_list_t * ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( libvlc_int_t *, vlc_current_object, ( int ) );
-
-#if defined( WIN32 ) || defined( SYS_BEOS ) || defined( __APPLE__ )
-VLC_EXPORT( const char *, vlc_path, ( vlc_object_t * ) );
+VLC_EXPORT( void *, vlc_object_create, ( vlc_object_t *, size_t ) ) LIBVLC_MALLOC LIBVLC_USED;
+VLC_EXPORT( void, vlc_object_set_destructor, ( vlc_object_t *, vlc_destructor_t ) );
+VLC_EXPORT( void, vlc_object_attach, ( vlc_object_t *, vlc_object_t * ) );
+#if defined (__GNUC__) && !defined __cplusplus
+__attribute__((deprecated))