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+2017-08-16: wsfulton
+            Fix #1051. Add using declarations to templates into typedef table.
+
+            Using declarations to templates were missing in SWIG's internal typedef tables.
+            This led to a few problems, such as, templates that did not instantiate and generated
+            C++ code that did not compile as SWIG did not know what scope the template was
+            in. This happened mostly when a using declaration was used on a template type in a
+            completely unrelated namespace.
+
+2017-08-16: wsfulton
+            Fix type lookup in the presence of using directives and using declarations.
+
+            Fix some cases of type lookup failure via a combination of both using directives and
+            using declarations resulting in C++ code that did not compile as the generated type was
+            not fully qualified for use in the global namespace. Example below:
+
+              namespace Space5 {
+                namespace SubSpace5 {
+                  namespace SubSubSpace5 {
+                    struct F {};
+                  }
+                }
+                using namespace SubSpace5;
+                using SubSubSpace5::F;
+                void func(SubSubSpace5::F f);
+              }
+
+2017-08-16: wsfulton
+            %template scope enforcement and class definition fixes.
+
+            The scoping rules around %template have been specified and enforced.
+            The %template directive for a class template is the equivalent to an
+            explicit instantiation of a C++ class template. The scope for a valid
+            %template instantiation is now the same as the scope required for a
+            valid explicit instantiation of a C++ template. A definition of the
+            template for the explicit instantiation must be in scope where the
+            instantiation is declared and must not be enclosed within a different
+            namespace.
+
+            For example, a few %template and C++ explicit instantiations of std::vector
+            are shown below:
+
+              // valid
+              namespace std {
+                %template(vin) vector<int>;
+                template class vector<int>;
+              }
+
+              // valid
+              using namespace std;
+              %template(vin) vector<int>;
+              template class vector<int>;
+
+              // valid
+              using std::vector;
+              %template(vin) vector<int>;
+              template class vector<int>;
+
+              // ill-formed
+              namespace unrelated {
+                using std::vector;
+                %template(vin) vector<int>;
+                template class vector<int>;
+              }
+
+              // ill-formed
+              namespace unrelated {
+                using namespace std;
+                %template(vin) vector<int>;
+                template class vector<int>;
+              }
+
+              // ill-formed
+              namespace unrelated {
+                namespace std {
+                  %template(vin) vector<int>;
+                  template class vector<int>;
+                }
+              }
+
+              // ill-formed
+              namespace unrelated {
+                %template(vin) std::vector<int>;
+                template class std::vector<int>;
+              }
+
+            When the scope is incorrect, an error now occurs such as:
+
+              cpp_template_scope.i:34: Error: 'vector' resolves to 'std::vector' and
+              was incorrectly instantiated in scope 'unrelated' instead of within scope 'std'.
+
+            Previously SWIG accepted the ill-formed examples above but this led to
+            numerous subtle template scope problems especially in the presence of
+            using declarations and using directives as well as with %feature and %typemap.
+
+            Actually, a valid instantiation is one which conforms to the C++03
+            standard as C++11 made a change to disallow using declarations and
+            using directives to find a template.
+
+              // valid C++03, ill-formed C++11
+              using std::vector;
+              template class vector<int>;
+
+            Similar fixes for defining classes using forward class references have
+            also been put in place. For example:
+
+              namespace Space1 {
+                struct A;
+              }
+              namespace Space2 {
+                struct Space1::A {
+                  void x();
+                }
+              }
+
+            will now error out with:
+
+              cpp_class_definition.i:5: Error: 'Space1::A' resolves to 'Space1::A' and
+              was incorrectly instantiated in scope 'Space2' instead of within scope 'Space1'.
+
+2017-08-16: wsfulton
+            Fix scope lookup for template parameters containing unary scope operators.
+
+            Fixes cases like:
+
+            namespace Alloc {
+              template<typename T> struct Rebind {
+                typedef int Integer;
+              };
+            }
+            %template(RebindBucket) Alloc::Rebind< Bucket >;
+            OR
+            %template(RebindBucket) Alloc::Rebind< ::Bucket >;
+
+            Alloc::Rebind< Bucket >::Integer Bucket1();
+            Alloc::Rebind< ::Bucket >::Integer Bucket2();
+            Alloc::Rebind<::template TemplateBucket<double>>::Integer Bucket3();
+
+2017-08-16: wsfulton
+            For templates only, the template parameters are fully resolved when
+            handling typemaps. Without this, it is too hard to have decent rules
+            to apply typemaps when parameter types are typedef'd and template
+            parameters have default values.
+
+            Fixes %clear for typedefs in templates, eg:
+
+              %typemap("in") XXX<int>::Long "..."
+              template typename<T> struct XXX {
+                typedef long Long;
+              };
+              %clear XXX<int>::Long;
+
+            as the typemap was previously incorrectly stored as a typemap for long
+            instead of XXX<int>::Long.
+
 2017-08-05: olly
 	    [C++11] Allow static_assert at the top level (and disallow it right
 	    after template<T>).  Fixes https://github.com/swig/swig/issues/1031