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 Version 1.3.18 (In progress)
 ============================
+03/10/2003: beazley
+            Fixed problem with escape sequences in string and character constants.  SWIG
+            wasn't parsing certain octal codes correctly.
+
 03/07/2003: beazley
             Fixed a variety of subtle preprocessor problems reported by
             Sebastien Recio.