+/**
+ * @brief increment the references on a connection client
+ *
+ * @param cl The client
+ * This increases the references on the given client to keep it alive in
+ * memory for longer until all references are release by
+ * ecore_con_client_unref().
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+EAPI void ecore_con_client_ref(Ecore_Con_Client *cl);
+/**
+ * @brief decrement the references on a connection client
+ *
+ * @param cl The client
+ * This decrements the references on the given client and once references hit
+ * 0, the client is deleted. ecore_con_client_del() does the same thing as
+ * ecore_con_client_unref(). All con clients start with a reference count of
+ * 1.
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+EAPI void ecore_con_client_unref(Ecore_Con_Client *cl);