[Swig-user] Wrapping C++ Streams

[roccomoretti <roc...@ho...>]

What's the current best procedure for wrapping C++ streams?

I noticed the std_iostream.i file in the Swig directory, but wasn't able 
to find any documentation on it, and when I use it with a simple 
%include (in analogy to std_string.i), stream parmeters don't seem to 
get wrapped - that is, passing a Python string or file object to 
functions taking a std::istream parameter gives me a type error.

Is there a trick to using std_iostream.i, or is there a better way to 
wrap C++ std::istream& and std::ostream& parameters?

Thanks.