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+use lib_std_string;
+
+
+# Checking expected use of %typemap(in) std::string {}
+lib_std_string::test_value("Fee");
+
+# Checking expected result of %typemap(out) std::string {}
+if (lib_std_string::test_value("Fi") != "Fi") {
+  die "Test 1 failed";
+}
+
+###### passing undef seems to work - surely it should fail ????
+# Verify type-checking for %typemap(in) std::string {}
+#eval { lib_std_string::test_value(undef) };
+#if (!$@) {
+#  die "Test 2 failed";
+#}
+
+# Checking expected use of %typemap(in) const std::string & {}
+lib_std_string::test_const_reference("Fo");
+
+# Checking expected result of %typemap(out) const std::string& {}
+if (lib_std_string::test_const_reference("Fum") != "Fum") {
+  die "Test 3 failed";
+}
+
+###### passing undef seems to work - surely it should fail ????
+# Verify type-checking for %typemap(in) const std::string & {}
+#eval { lib_std_string::test_const_reference(undef) };
+#if (!$@) {
+#  die "Test 4 failed";
+#}
+
+#
+# Input and output typemaps for pointers and non-const references to
+# std::string are *not* supported; the following tests confirm
+# that none of these cases are slipping through.
+#
+
+my $stringPtr = undef;
+
+$stringPtr = lib_std_string::test_pointer_out();
+
+lib_std_string::test_pointer($stringPtr);
+
+$stringPtr = lib_std_string::test_const_pointer_out();
+
+lib_std_string::test_const_pointer($stringPtr);
+
+$stringPtr = lib_std_string::test_reference_out();
+
+lib_std_string::test_reference($stringPtr);
+
+# Check throw exception specification
+eval { lib_std_string::test_throw() };
+if (!$@) {
+  die "Test 5 failed";
+}
+eval { lib_std_string::test_const_reference_throw() };
+if (!$@) {
+  die "Test 6 failed";
+}
+