Note for packagers whose packages need swig

[Miloslav Trmač]

Adam Tkac píše v Po 10. 11. 2008 v 14:09 +0100:
> there is long standing problem with SWIG when you are wrapping around
> C code and use system headers. SWIG doesn't define "standard" C
> preprocessor macros.
> 
> I think every
> maintainer should check his package and if it uses system C headers he
> should add this to .i file (SWIG template)
> 
> $ cpp -dM /dev/null | grep -v __STDC__ > cpp_macros.h # SWIG defines __STDC__ macro
> 
> and then add '%include "cpp_macros.h" to top of .i file
Is there any reason not to use %import instead?  AFAICS the macros still
work in #ifdefs, but they are not added to the generated file.
	Mirek