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+// Tests SWIG's *default* handling of overloading varargs (function varargs, not preprocessor varargs).
+// The default behavior is to simply ignore the varargs.
+%module varargs_overload
+
+%inline %{
+const char *vararg_over1(const char *fmt, ...) {
+  return fmt;
+}
+const char *vararg_over1(int i) {
+  static char buffer[256];
+  sprintf(buffer, "%d", i);
+  return buffer;
+}
+
+const char *vararg_over2(const char *fmt, ...) {
+  return fmt;
+}
+const char *vararg_over2(int i, double j) {
+  static char buffer[256];
+  sprintf(buffer, "%d %g", i, j);
+  return buffer;
+}
+
+const char *vararg_over3(const char *fmt, ...) {
+  return fmt;
+}
+const char *vararg_over3(int i, double j, const char *s) {
+  static char buffer[256];
+  sprintf(buffer, "%d %g %s", i, j, s);
+  return buffer;
+}
+%}
+
+%varargs(int mode = 0) vararg_over4;
+%inline %{
+const char *vararg_over4(const char *fmt, ...) {
+  return fmt;
+}
+const char *vararg_over4(int i) {
+  static char buffer[256];
+  sprintf(buffer, "%d", i);
+  return buffer;
+}
+%}