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<li><a href="#SWIG_nn24">Linking to structure variables</a>
<li><a href="#SWIG_nn25">Linking to <tt>char *</tt></a>
<li><a href="#SWIG_nn26">Arrays</a>
<li><a href="#SWIG_nn27">Creating read-only variables</a>
<li><a href="#SWIG_readonly_variables">Creating read-only variables</a>
<li><a href="#SWIG_nn28">Renaming and ignoring declarations</a>
<li><a href="#SWIG_default_args">Default/optional arguments</a>
<li><a href="#SWIG_nn30">Pointers to functions and callbacks</a>
@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ void pathname_set(char *value) {
In the target language, the value can be set like a normal variable.
</p>
<H3><a name="SWIG_nn27"></a>5.4.6 Creating read-only variables</H3>
<H3><a name="SWIG_readonly_variables"></a>5.4.6 Creating read-only variables</H3>
<p>
@ -1567,13 +1567,36 @@ immutable. For example:
</p>
<div class="code"><pre>
%immutable x; // Make x read-only
%immutable x; // Make x read-only
...
double x; // Read-only (from earlier %immutable directive)
double y; // Read-write
double x; // Read-only (from earlier %immutable directive)
double y; // Read-write
...
</pre>
</div>
</pre></div>
<p>
The <tt>%mutable</tt> and <tt>%immutable</tt> directives are actually
<a href="Customization.html#features">%feature directives</a> defined like this:
</p>
<div class="code"><pre>
#define %immutable %feature("immutable")
#define %mutable %feature("immutable","")
</pre></div>
<p>
If you wanted to make all wrapped variables read-only, barring one or two, it might be easier to take this approach:
</p>
<div class="code"><pre>
%immutable; // Make all variables read-only
%feature("immutable","0") x; // except, make x read/write
...
double x;
double y;
double z;
...
</pre></div>
<p>
Read-only variables are also created when declarations are declared as <tt>const</tt>.
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<pre>
const int foo; /* Read only variable */
char * const version="1.0"; /* Read only variable */
</pre>
</div>
</pre></div>
<p>
<b>Compatibility note:</b> Read-only access used to be controlled by a pair of directives