%ignore clarification for #1592169

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William S Fulton 2006-11-10 23:05:20 +00:00
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One use of <tt>%ignore</tt> is to selectively remove certain declarations from a header file without having Any function, variable etc which matches <tt>%ignore</tt> will not be wrapped and therefore will not be available from the target language.
A common usage of <tt>%ignore</tt> is to selectively remove certain declarations from a header file without having
to add conditional compilation to the header. However, it should be stressed that this only works for simple to add conditional compilation to the header. However, it should be stressed that this only works for simple
declarations. If you need to remove a whole section of problematic code, the SWIG preprocessor should be used instead. declarations. If you need to remove a whole section of problematic code, the SWIG preprocessor should be used instead.
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