Thanks. I had installed python 2.4, but went back to 2.3.2 for a reason I can't remember now. I think some other module I was using wasn't built for it yet (MySQLdb maybe?) I'll reinstall and try again. I looked at the python/typemaps.i file. I may be able to use that to redefine the functions I'm calling after I include the libraries header files to define everything else. -----Original Message----- From: Lars Immisch [mailto:lars@ibp.de] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 4:27 PM To: timothy.williams@nvl.army.mil Subject: Re: [Distutils] How do I modify the swig options in my setup.py

I tried using swig_opts, but it didn't recognize it. I'm using python 2.3.2, SWIG 1.3.21 if that matters.

Sorry. I should have mentioned that from the start: The swig_opts extension only made it into Python 2.4b1, so you either need to upgrade Python or at least the version of distutils.

I read over the typemaps some, but the libraries I'm trying to use have gobs of typedefs in them, and I was hoping that the #include files for the library would take care of it. (Beside me just not understanding enough about typemaps to be comfortable using them.)

There are no hard and fast recommendations I would want to give, except reading typemap code, experimenting, and reading the resulting C code to get a feel how swig works. Failing that, do create a minimal example of an entire interface file that shows your problem and send it to the swig mailing list. I am sure that someone will help you there. - Lars