diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/ocaml/std_vector/Makefile b/SWIG/Examples/ocaml/std_vector/Makefile
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index 000000000..9f43e0615
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+++ b/SWIG/Examples/ocaml/std_vector/Makefile
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+TOP        = ../..
+SWIG       = $(TOP)/../swig -I/usr/include/g++-3
+SRCS       = 
+TARGET     = example
+INTERFACE  = example.i
+PROGFILE   = runme.ml
+
+default:: static
+
+all::
+	$(MAKE) -f $(TOP)/Makefile SRCS='$(SRCS)' SWIG='$(SWIG)' \
+	TARGET='$(TARGET)' INTERFACE='$(INTERFACE)' ocaml_cpp
+
+static::
+	$(MAKE) -f $(TOP)/Makefile SRCS='$(SRCS)' SWIG='$(SWIG)' \
+	PROGFILE='$(PROGFILE)' TARGET='$(TARGET)' INTERFACE='$(INTERFACE)' \
+	ocaml_static_cpp
+
+clean::
+	$(MAKE) -f $(TOP)/Makefile TARGET='$(TARGET)' ocaml_clean
+
+check: all
diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/ocaml/std_vector/example.h b/SWIG/Examples/ocaml/std_vector/example.h
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+++ b/SWIG/Examples/ocaml/std_vector/example.h
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+/* File : example.h -- stolen from the guile std_vector example */
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <functional>
+#include <numeric>
+
+double average(std::vector<int> v) {
+    return std::accumulate(v.begin(),v.end(),0.0)/v.size();
+}
+
+std::vector<double> half(const std::vector<double>& v) {
+    std::vector<double> w(v);
+    for (unsigned int i=0; i<w.size(); i++)
+        w[i] /= 2.0;
+    return w;
+}
+
+void halve_in_place(std::vector<double>& v) {
+    // would you believe this is the same as the above?
+    std::transform(v.begin(),v.end(),v.begin(),
+                   std::bind2nd(std::divides<double>(),2.0));
+}
+
+
diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/ocaml/std_vector/example.i b/SWIG/Examples/ocaml/std_vector/example.i
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+++ b/SWIG/Examples/ocaml/std_vector/example.i
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+/* -*- C++ -*- */
+/* File : example.i -- stolen from the guile std_vector example */
+%module example
+
+%{
+#include "example.h"
+%}
+
+%include stl.i
+/* instantiate the required template specializations */
+namespace std {
+    %template(IntVector)    std::vector<int>;
+    %template(DoubleVector) std::vector<double>;
+}
+
+/* Let's just grab the original header file here */
+%include "example.h"
diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/ocaml/std_vector/runme.ml b/SWIG/Examples/ocaml/std_vector/runme.ml
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+++ b/SWIG/Examples/ocaml/std_vector/runme.ml
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+(* This example was mostly lifted from the guile example directory *)
+
+open Example
+
+(* repeatedly invoke a procedure with v and an index as arguments *)
+let with_vector v proc size =
+  let rec with_vector_item =
+    (fun v i -> if (i < size) then
+       begin
+	 proc v i ;
+	 with_vector_item v (succ i)
+       end) in
+    with_vector_item v 0
+
+let with_vector v proc = 
+  with_vector v proc (get_int ((invoke v) "size" (C_void)))
+
+
+
+let dbl_vector_ref v i = 
+  match ((invoke v) "[]" (C_int i)) with
+      C_float f | C_double f -> f | _ -> 0.0
+
+let print_DoubleVector v =
+  begin
+    with_vector v 
+      (fun v i -> 
+	 (print_float (dbl_vector_ref v i)) ;
+	 (print_string " ")) ;
+    print_endline 
+  end
+
+let fill_int_vector_from_array a v i = 
+  (invoke v) "set" (C_list [ C_int i ; C_int a.(i) ]) 
+
+(* Call average with a Ocaml array... *)
+
+let y = new_IntVector (C_uint (Int32.of_int 4)) 
+let _ = with_vector y (fill_int_vector_from_array [| 1;2;3;4 |]) 
+let _ = (print_float (get_float (_average y)) ; print_newline ())