diff --git a/src/objects/boolobject.rs b/src/objects/boolobject.rs
index 280cda8de2d..4f45912bf5a 100644
--- a/src/objects/boolobject.rs
+++ b/src/objects/boolobject.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ use conversion::{ToPyObject, IntoPyObject, ToBorrowedObject, PyTryFrom};
 /// Represents a Python `bool`.
 pub struct PyBool(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyBool);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyBool, PyBool_Type, PyBool_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyBool, PyBool_Type, PyBool_Check);
 
 
 impl PyBool {
diff --git a/src/objects/bytearray.rs b/src/objects/bytearray.rs
index 56a2f24efa7..58f164df7b0 100644
--- a/src/objects/bytearray.rs
+++ b/src/objects/bytearray.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ use err::{PyResult, PyErr};
 /// Represents a Python `bytearray`.
 pub struct PyByteArray(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyByteArray);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyByteArray, PyByteArray_Type, PyByteArray_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyByteArray, PyByteArray_Type, PyByteArray_Check);
 
 impl PyByteArray {
     /// Creates a new Python bytearray object.
diff --git a/src/objects/dict.rs b/src/objects/dict.rs
index 01339c3e23c..d5e757a0456 100644
--- a/src/objects/dict.rs
+++ b/src/objects/dict.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ use err::{self, PyResult, PyErr};
 /// Represents a Python `dict`.
 pub struct PyDict(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyDict);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyDict, PyDict_Type, PyDict_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyDict, PyDict_Type, PyDict_Check);
 
 
 impl PyDict {
diff --git a/src/objects/floatob.rs b/src/objects/floatob.rs
index 5f14ad8b2a7..55c0623c262 100644
--- a/src/objects/floatob.rs
+++ b/src/objects/floatob.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ use conversion::{ToPyObject, IntoPyObject};
 /// with `f32`/`f64`.
 pub struct PyFloat(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyFloat);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyFloat, PyFloat_Type, PyFloat_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyFloat, PyFloat_Type, PyFloat_Check);
 
 
 impl PyFloat {
diff --git a/src/objects/list.rs b/src/objects/list.rs
index dea2e49367e..3c4936155c4 100644
--- a/src/objects/list.rs
+++ b/src/objects/list.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ use conversion::{ToPyObject, IntoPyObject, ToBorrowedObject};
 /// Represents a Python `list`.
 pub struct PyList(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyList);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyList, PyList_Type, PyList_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyList, PyList_Type, PyList_Check);
 
 impl PyList {
     /// Construct a new list with the given elements.
diff --git a/src/objects/mod.rs b/src/objects/mod.rs
index 2b8fe47690a..fd14a1c4da6 100644
--- a/src/objects/mod.rs
+++ b/src/objects/mod.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ pub use self::num3::PyLong as PyInt;
 pub use self::num2::{PyInt, PyLong};
 
 
+/// Implements typesafe conversions from a PyObjectRef, given a typecheck function as second
+/// parameter
+#[macro_export]
 macro_rules! pyobject_downcast(
     ($name: ident, $checkfunction: ident) => (
         impl<'a> $crate::FromPyObject<'a> for &'a $name
@@ -51,17 +54,8 @@ macro_rules! pyobject_downcast(
     );
 );
 
-macro_rules! pyobject_convert(
-    ($name: ident) => (
-        impl<'a> $crate::std::convert::From<&'a $name> for &'a $crate::PyObjectRef {
-            fn from(ob: &'a $name) -> Self {
-                unsafe{$crate::std::mem::transmute(ob)}
-            }
-        }
-    )
-);
-
-macro_rules! pyobject_nativetype(
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! pyobject_native_type_named(
     ($name: ident) => {
         impl $crate::PyNativeType for $name {}
 
@@ -71,12 +65,14 @@ macro_rules! pyobject_nativetype(
                 unsafe{$crate::std::mem::transmute(self)}
             }
         }
+
         impl $crate::PyObjectWithToken for $name {
             #[inline(always)]
             fn py(&self) -> $crate::Python {
                 unsafe { $crate::Python::assume_gil_acquired() }
             }
         }
+
         impl $crate::python::ToPyPointer for $name {
             /// Gets the underlying FFI pointer, returns a borrowed pointer.
             #[inline]
@@ -84,6 +80,7 @@ macro_rules! pyobject_nativetype(
                 self.0.as_ptr()
             }
         }
+
         impl PartialEq for $name {
             #[inline]
             fn eq(&self, o: &$name) -> bool {
@@ -91,10 +88,26 @@ macro_rules! pyobject_nativetype(
             }
         }
     };
+);
 
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! pyobject_native_type(
     ($name: ident, $typeobject: ident, $checkfunction: ident) => {
-        pyobject_nativetype!($name);
+        pyobject_native_type_named!($name);
+        pyobject_native_type_convert!($name, $typeobject, $checkfunction);
+        pyobject_downcast!($name, $checkfunction);
 
+        impl<'a> $crate::std::convert::From<&'a $name> for &'a $crate::PyObjectRef {
+            fn from(ob: &'a $name) -> Self {
+                unsafe{$crate::std::mem::transmute(ob)}
+            }
+        }
+    };
+);
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! pyobject_native_type_convert(
+    ($name: ident, $typeobject: ident, $checkfunction: ident) => {
         impl $crate::typeob::PyTypeInfo for $name {
             type Type = ();
             type BaseType = $crate::PyObjectRef;
@@ -162,11 +175,10 @@ macro_rules! pyobject_nativetype(
                 f.write_str(&s.to_string_lossy())
             }
         }
-
-        pyobject_downcast!($name, $checkfunction);
-};
+    };
 );
 
+#[macro_export]
 macro_rules! pyobject_extract(
     ($obj:ident to $t:ty => $body: block) => {
         impl<'source> $crate::FromPyObject<'source> for $t
@@ -201,7 +213,9 @@ use python::ToPyPointer;
 
 /// Represents general python instance.
 pub struct PyObjectRef(::PyObject);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyObjectRef, PyBaseObject_Type, PyObject_Check);
+pyobject_native_type_named!(PyObjectRef);
+pyobject_native_type_convert!(PyObjectRef, PyBaseObject_Type, PyObject_Check);
+pyobject_downcast!(PyObjectRef, PyObject_Check);
 
 mod typeobject;
 mod module;
diff --git a/src/objects/module.rs b/src/objects/module.rs
index ae67c4cdab2..c0f48c7426d 100644
--- a/src/objects/module.rs
+++ b/src/objects/module.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ use err::{PyResult, PyErr};
 /// Represents a Python `module` object.
 pub struct PyModule(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyModule);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyModule, PyModule_Type, PyModule_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyModule, PyModule_Type, PyModule_Check);
 
 
 impl PyModule {
diff --git a/src/objects/num2.rs b/src/objects/num2.rs
index 4cac1dd0c8d..d2129ea5058 100644
--- a/src/objects/num2.rs
+++ b/src/objects/num2.rs
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ use conversion::{ToPyObject, IntoPyObject, FromPyObject};
 /// with the primitive Rust integer types.
 pub struct PyInt(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyInt);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyInt, PyInt_Type, PyInt_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyInt, PyInt_Type, PyInt_Check);
 
 /// In Python 2.x, represents a Python `long` object.
 /// Both `PyInt` and `PyLong` refer to the same type on Python 3.x.
@@ -37,8 +36,7 @@ pyobject_nativetype!(PyInt, PyInt_Type, PyInt_Check);
 /// with the primitive Rust integer types.
 pub struct PyLong(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyLong);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyLong, PyLong_Type, PyLong_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyLong, PyLong_Type, PyLong_Check);
 
 impl PyInt {
     /// Creates a new Python 2.7 `int` object.
diff --git a/src/objects/num3.rs b/src/objects/num3.rs
index c6180ae0357..325b68bab1f 100644
--- a/src/objects/num3.rs
+++ b/src/objects/num3.rs
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ use conversion::{ToPyObject, IntoPyObject, FromPyObject};
 /// with the primitive Rust integer types.
 pub struct PyLong(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyLong);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyLong, PyLong_Type, PyLong_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyLong, PyLong_Type, PyLong_Check);
 
 
 macro_rules! int_fits_c_long(
diff --git a/src/objects/sequence.rs b/src/objects/sequence.rs
index 0ecf87416bd..b5450dae1f3 100644
--- a/src/objects/sequence.rs
+++ b/src/objects/sequence.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ use objectprotocol::ObjectProtocol;
 
 /// Represents a reference to a python object supporting the sequence protocol.
 pub struct PySequence(PyObject);
-
-pyobject_nativetype!(PySequence);
+pyobject_native_type_named!(PySequence);
 pyobject_downcast!(PySequence, PySequence_Check);
 
 
diff --git a/src/objects/set.rs b/src/objects/set.rs
index 598ed45eb6f..6f7ef917a8c 100644
--- a/src/objects/set.rs
+++ b/src/objects/set.rs
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@ pub struct PySet(PyObject);
 /// Represents a  Python `frozenset`
 pub struct PyFrozenSet(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PySet);
-pyobject_convert!(PyFrozenSet);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PySet, PySet_Type, PySet_Check);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyFrozenSet, PyFrozenSet_Type, PyFrozenSet_Check);
+
+pyobject_native_type!(PySet, PySet_Type, PySet_Check);pyobject_native_type!(PyFrozenSet, PyFrozenSet_Type, PyFrozenSet_Check);
 
 impl PySet {
     /// Creates a new set.
diff --git a/src/objects/slice.rs b/src/objects/slice.rs
index 2846bfdc418..49da9431bea 100644
--- a/src/objects/slice.rs
+++ b/src/objects/slice.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ use conversion::ToPyObject;
 /// Only `c_long` indeces supprted at the moment by `PySlice` object.
 pub struct PySlice(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PySlice);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PySlice, PySlice_Type, PySlice_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PySlice, PySlice_Type, PySlice_Check);
 
 
 /// Represents a Python `slice` indices
diff --git a/src/objects/string.rs b/src/objects/string.rs
index 9b907f5e658..4d55c5d55a5 100644
--- a/src/objects/string.rs
+++ b/src/objects/string.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ use super::PyStringData;
 /// Represents a Python `string`.
 pub struct PyString(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyString);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyString, PyUnicode_Type, PyUnicode_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyString, PyUnicode_Type, PyUnicode_Check);
 
 /// Represents a Python `unicode string`.
 /// Corresponds to `unicode` in Python 2, and `str` in Python 3.
@@ -26,8 +25,7 @@ pub use PyString as PyUnicode;
 /// Represents a Python `byte` string.
 pub struct PyBytes(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyBytes);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyBytes, PyBytes_Type, PyBytes_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyBytes, PyBytes_Type, PyBytes_Check);
 
 
 impl PyString {
diff --git a/src/objects/string2.rs b/src/objects/string2.rs
index c647b627ffc..cd3b77c51ec 100644
--- a/src/objects/string2.rs
+++ b/src/objects/string2.rs
@@ -18,20 +18,17 @@ use super::{PyObjectRef, PyStringData};
 /// Represents a Python `string`.
 pub struct PyString(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyString);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyString, PyBaseString_Type, PyBaseString_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyString, PyBaseString_Type, PyBaseString_Check);
 
 /// Represents a Python `unicode string`.
 pub struct PyUnicode(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyUnicode);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyUnicode, PyUnicode_Type, PyUnicode_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyUnicode, PyUnicode_Type, PyUnicode_Check);
 
 /// Represents a Python `byte` string. Corresponds to `str` in Python 2
 pub struct PyBytes(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyBytes);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyBytes, PyBaseString_Type, PyString_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyBytes, PyBaseString_Type, PyString_Check);
 
 
 impl PyString {
diff --git a/src/objects/tuple.rs b/src/objects/tuple.rs
index 51f563c70fa..5fd47c3c1cd 100644
--- a/src/objects/tuple.rs
+++ b/src/objects/tuple.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ use super::exc;
 /// Represents a Python `tuple` object.
 pub struct PyTuple(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyTuple);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyTuple, PyTuple_Type, PyTuple_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyTuple, PyTuple_Type, PyTuple_Check);
 
 
 impl PyTuple {
diff --git a/src/objects/typeobject.rs b/src/objects/typeobject.rs
index b3a05f53824..832063d116d 100644
--- a/src/objects/typeobject.rs
+++ b/src/objects/typeobject.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ use typeob::{PyTypeInfo, PyTypeObject};
 /// Represents a reference to a Python `type object`.
 pub struct PyType(PyObject);
 
-pyobject_convert!(PyType);
-pyobject_nativetype!(PyType, PyType_Type, PyType_Check);
+pyobject_native_type!(PyType, PyType_Type, PyType_Check);
 
 
 impl PyType {