Re: [Swig-user] %ignore and %extend

[Josh C. <jc...@nc...>]

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Bill Spotz wrote:

> -----------------
> %extend ClassA {
>      PyObject * set(const string & name, PyObject * value) { ... }
> }
> %ignore ClassA::set;
> %include "ClassA.h"
>
> %include "ClassB.h"
> -----------------
>
> where ClassB inherits from ClassA, but implements its own set()
> method, which I *DO* want to wrap.  However, swig seems to now ignore
> ClassB::set, which I find surprising.  I can't move '%include
> "ClassB.h"' up, because it has to come after '%include "ClassA.h"'
> because of the inheritance.

I see a few possible solutions.  Apparently you can undo the effect of
the %ignore with "%rename(set) ClassA::set;" (%ignore is actually an alias
for a %rename to a special value).  You could insert this between your two
%include's.  Actually, I think you could have used this as an alternative
to rearrangeing things in the first place.

Josh