From 8bf81b8718ba413f66a9dc41e06a50f113e68edd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William S Fulton <wsf@fultondesigns.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 20:54:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] More docs on %template

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 Doc/Manual/SWIGPlus.html | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Doc/Manual/SWIGPlus.html b/Doc/Manual/SWIGPlus.html
index 13c81588d..28e0e839f 100644
--- a/Doc/Manual/SWIGPlus.html
+++ b/Doc/Manual/SWIGPlus.html
@@ -3109,6 +3109,20 @@ not necessary to instantiate a new class for the type <tt>Integer</tt> (doing so
 redundant and will simply result in code bloat).
 </p>
 
+<p>
+The template provide to <tt>%template</tt> for instantiation must be the actual template and not a typedef to a template.
+</p>
+
+<div class="code">
+<pre>
+typedef List&lt;int&gt; ListOfInt;
+
+%template(intList) List&lt;int&gt;; // ok
+%template(intList) ListOfInt; // illegal - Syntax error
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+
 <H3><a name="SWIGPlus_template_functions">6.18.2 Function templates</a></H3>