(gdb) p *self
$17 = {ob_refcnt = 2, ob_type = 0x26f2d5a0, itself = 0x8ba64400, 
  returns_unicode = 1, ordered_attributes = 0, specified_attributes = 0, 
  in_callback = 1, ns_prefixes = 0, buffer = 0x0, buffer_size = 8192, 
  buffer_used = 0, intern = 0x7f03be84, handlers = 0x7d80d900}