The great merge

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SWIG/Lib/python/std_string.i

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+//
+// SWIG typemaps for std::string
+// Luigi Ballabio
+// Apr 8, 2002
+//
+// Python implementation
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// std::string is typemapped by value
+// This can prevent exporting methods which return a string
+// in order for the user to modify it.
+// However, I think I'll wait until someone asks for it...
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+%include exception.i
+
+%{
+#include <string>
+%}
+
+namespace std {
+
+    class string;
+
+    /* Overloading check */
+
+    %typemap(typecheck) string = char *;
+    %typemap(typecheck) const string & = char *;
+
+    %typemap(in) string {
+        if (PyString_Check($input))
+            $1 = std::string(PyString_AsString($input));
+        else
+            SWIG_exception(SWIG_TypeError, "string expected");
+    }
+
+    %typemap(in) const string & (std::string temp) {
+        if (PyString_Check($input)) {
+            temp = std::string(PyString_AsString($input));
+            $1 = &temp;
+        } else {
+            SWIG_exception(SWIG_TypeError, "string expected");
+        }
+    }
+
+    %typemap(out) string {
+        $result = PyString_FromString($1.c_str());
+    }
+
+    %typemap(out) const string & {
+        $result = PyString_FromString($1->c_str());
+    }
+}
+