Re: [Swig-user] Why do I need to add the namespace when specifying a %typemap?

[William S F. <ws...@fu...>]

Andy Doddington wrote:
> I am trying to write an interface file for std::set, based largely on the
> existing one for std::string.
> 
> However, when I specify a typemap of the form:
> 
> 	%typemap(in) set { ...blah blah... };
> 
> then this never matches.
> 
> However, if I change this to:
> 
> 	%typemap(in) *std::*set { ...blah blah... };
> 
Is this a typo? You need a C++ type, so I think you mean std::set.

> then a match occurs correctly.
> 
> The question is, if this works for std::string, why not for std::set?

You need to fully qualify the typemap types, so you need the std::
qualifier for both set and string. Maybe you had a 'using std::string'
somewhere if you are getting a match for just 'string'?

However, for member variables / global variables, it might seem a
peculiar and is documented, but you need a pointer to the type unless
you are using the naturalvar feature. See the docs.

William