diff --git a/Tools/modulator/Templates/object_tp_call b/Tools/modulator/Templates/object_tp_call
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32a36154d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tools/modulator/Templates/object_tp_call
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+static PyObject *
+$abbrev$_call(self, args)
+	$abbrev$object *self;
+	PyObject *args;
+{
+	/* XXXX Return the result of calling self with argument args */
+}
+
diff --git a/Tools/modulator/Templates/object_tp_str b/Tools/modulator/Templates/object_tp_str
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bed15dfdf70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tools/modulator/Templates/object_tp_str
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+static PyObject *
+$abbrev$_str(self)
+	$abbrev$object *self;
+{
+	PyObject *s;
+
+	/* XXXX Add code here to put self into s */
+	return s;
+}
+