diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 065cde353..58d4f9bf2 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ Version 1.3.28 (unreleased).
 	      Now it is easy, for example to use the 'utitle' encoder 
 	      in all the member methods, you type:
 
-	        %rename("%(utitle)s",%isfunction,%ismember) ""; 
+	        %rename("%(utitle)s",%isfunction,%ismember) "";
+
+	      or to ignore all the enumitems in a given class:
+
+	        %rename("$ignore", %isenumitem, %classname="MyClass") "";  
 
 	      Available predicates are (see swig.swg):
 
@@ -38,6 +42,13 @@ Version 1.3.28 (unreleased).
 					
 		%ismember       
 		%isglobal 
+		%innamespace
+
+		%ispublic    
+		%isprotected 
+		%isprivate   
+				     
+		%classname   
 
               These predicates correspond to specific 'match'
               declarations, which sometimes are not as evident as the
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/rename_camel.i b/Examples/test-suite/rename_camel.i
index c333980e8..a2dc9ea2d 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/rename_camel.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/rename_camel.i
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 %module rename_camel
 
 %rename("%(utitle)s",%isfunction,%ismember) ""; 
+%rename("%(ctitle)s",%isvariable,%ismember) ""; 
 
 %inline {
   struct GeometryFactory 
diff --git a/Lib/swig.swg b/Lib/swig.swg
index 58cef54d7..7d498a092 100644
--- a/Lib/swig.swg
+++ b/Lib/swig.swg
@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ static int NAME(TYPE x) {
 
      %rename("g_%(utitle)s", %isfunction, %isglobal) "";
 
+   - to ignore the enumitems in a given class:
+
+     %rename("$ignore", %isenumitem, %classname="MyClass") "";
+
 
 */
 
@@ -250,6 +254,13 @@ static int NAME(TYPE x) {
 
 %define %ismember       match$parentNode$nodeType="class"  %enddef
 %define %isglobal       notmatch$parentNode$nodeType="class"  %enddef
+%define %innamespace    match$parentNode$nodeType="namespace"  %enddef
+
+%define %ispublic       match$access="public"  %enddef
+%define %isprotected    match$access="protected"  %enddef
+%define %isprivate      match$access="public"  %enddef
+
+%define %classname      %ismember,match$parentNode$name  %enddef
 
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Include all the warnings labels and macros