diff --git a/Lib/python/director.swg b/Lib/python/director.swg
index 8366582e9..e4c2d1892 100644
--- a/Lib/python/director.swg
+++ b/Lib/python/director.swg
@@ -38,30 +38,6 @@ namespace Swig {
 #endif
 
 
-  void UnknownExceptionHandler::handler()  {
-    try {
-      throw;
-    } catch (DirectorException& e) {
-      std::cerr << "Swig Director exception caught:" << std::endl
-                << e.getMessage() << std::endl;
-    } catch (std::exception& e) {
-      std::cerr << "std::exception caught: "<< e.what() << std::endl;
-    } catch (...) {
-      std::cerr << "Unknown exception caught." << std::endl;
-    }
-
-    std::cerr << std::endl
-    	      << "Python interpreter traceback:" << std::endl;
-    PyErr_Print();
-    std::cerr << std::endl;
-
-    std::cerr << "This exception was caught by the SWIG unexpected exception handler." << std::endl
-              << "Try using %feature(\"director:except\") to avoid reaching this point." << std::endl
-	      << std::endl
-              << "Exception is being re-thrown, program will like abort/terminate." << std::endl;
-    throw;
-  }
-
 }
 
 #endif /* __cplusplus */
diff --git a/Lib/python/director_h.swg b/Lib/python/director_h.swg
index e84db512e..2455de12d 100644
--- a/Lib/python/director_h.swg
+++ b/Lib/python/director_h.swg
@@ -194,27 +194,6 @@ namespace Swig {
     Type *_ptr;
   };
 
-
-  /* unknown exception handler  */
-  class UnknownExceptionHandler 
-  {
-    static void handler();    
-  public:
-    
-#ifdef SWIG_DIRECTOR_UEH
-    std::unexpected_handler old;
-    UnknownExceptionHandler(std::unexpected_handler nh = handler)
-    {
-      old = std::set_unexpected(nh);
-    }
-
-    ~UnknownExceptionHandler()
-    {
-      std::set_unexpected(old);
-    }
-#endif
-  };
-
   /* base class for director exceptions */
   class DirectorException {
   protected:
@@ -252,6 +231,48 @@ namespace Swig {
     }
   };
 
+  /* unknown exception handler  */
+  class UnknownExceptionHandler 
+  {
+#ifdef SWIG_DIRECTOR_UEH
+    static void handler()  {
+      try {
+	throw;
+      } catch (DirectorException& e) {
+	std::cerr << "Swig Director exception caught:" << std::endl
+		  << e.getMessage() << std::endl;
+      } catch (std::exception& e) {
+	std::cerr << "std::exception caught: "<< e.what() << std::endl;
+      } catch (...) {
+	std::cerr << "Unknown exception caught." << std::endl;
+      }
+      
+      std::cerr << std::endl
+		<< "Python interpreter traceback:" << std::endl;
+      PyErr_Print();
+      std::cerr << std::endl;
+      
+      std::cerr << "This exception was caught by the SWIG unexpected exception handler." << std::endl
+		<< "Try using %feature(\"director:except\") to avoid reaching this point." << std::endl
+		<< std::endl
+		<< "Exception is being re-thrown, program will like abort/terminate." << std::endl;
+      throw;
+    }
+
+  public:
+    
+    std::unexpected_handler old;
+    UnknownExceptionHandler(std::unexpected_handler nh = handler)
+    {
+      old = std::set_unexpected(nh);
+    }
+
+    ~UnknownExceptionHandler()
+    {
+      std::set_unexpected(old);
+    }
+#endif
+  };
 
   /* type mismatch in the return value from a python method call */
   class DirectorTypeMismatchException : public Swig::DirectorException {
diff --git a/Lib/ruby/director.swg b/Lib/ruby/director.swg
index 348100b9b..00a9bbb44 100644
--- a/Lib/ruby/director.swg
+++ b/Lib/ruby/director.swg
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ namespace Swig {
   /* memory handler */
   struct GCItem 
   {
-    virtual ~GCItem() = 0;
+    virtual ~GCItem()
+    {
+    }
 
     virtual ruby_owntype get_own() const
     {
@@ -126,26 +128,6 @@ namespace Swig {
     int argc;
     VALUE *argv;
   };
-
-  /* unknown exception handler  */
-  class UnknownExceptionHandler 
-  {
-    static void handler();    
-  public:
-    
-#ifdef SWIG_DIRECTOR_UEH
-    std::unexpected_handler old;
-    UnknownExceptionHandler(std::unexpected_handler nh = handler)
-    {
-      old = std::set_unexpected(nh);
-    }
-
-    ~UnknownExceptionHandler()
-    {
-      std::set_unexpected(old);
-    }
-#endif
-  };
   
   /* Base class for director exceptions */
   class DirectorException {
@@ -186,6 +168,46 @@ namespace Swig {
     virtual ~DirectorException() {}
   };
   
+  /* unknown exception handler  */
+
+  class UnknownExceptionHandler 
+  {
+#ifdef SWIG_DIRECTOR_UEH
+    static void handler() {
+      try {
+	throw;
+      } catch (DirectorException& e) {
+	std::cerr << "Swig Director exception caught:" << std::endl
+		  << e.getMessage() << std::endl;
+      } catch (std::exception& e) {
+	std::cerr << "std::exception caught: "<< e.what() << std::endl;
+      } catch (...) {
+	std::cerr << "Unknown exception caught." << std::endl;
+      }      
+      std::cerr << std::endl
+		<< "Ruby interpreter traceback:" << std::endl;
+      std::cerr << std::endl;      
+      std::cerr << "This exception was caught by the SWIG unexpected exception handler." << std::endl
+		<< "Try using %feature(\"director:except\") to avoid reaching this point." << std::endl
+		<< std::endl
+		<< "Exception is being re-thrown, program will like abort/terminate." << std::endl;
+      throw;
+    }
+    
+  public:    
+    std::unexpected_handler old;
+    UnknownExceptionHandler(std::unexpected_handler nh = handler)
+    {
+      old = std::set_unexpected(nh);
+    }
+
+    ~UnknownExceptionHandler()
+    {
+      std::set_unexpected(old);
+    }
+#endif
+  };
+
 
   /* Type mismatch in the return value from a Ruby method call */
   class DirectorTypeMismatchException : public Swig::DirectorException {
@@ -424,35 +446,6 @@ namespace Swig {
   pthread_t Swig::Director::swig_mutex_thread;
   bool Swig::Director::swig_mutex_active = false;
 #endif
-
-  void UnknownExceptionHandler::handler()  {
-    try {
-      throw;
-    } catch (DirectorException& e) {
-      std::cerr << "Swig Director exception caught:" << std::endl
-                << e.getMessage() << std::endl;
-    } catch (std::exception& e) {
-      std::cerr << "std::exception caught: "<< e.what() << std::endl;
-    } catch (...) {
-      std::cerr << "Unknown exception caught." << std::endl;
-    }
-    
-    std::cerr << std::endl
-    	      << "Ruby interpreter traceback:" << std::endl;
-    std::cerr << std::endl;
-    
-    std::cerr << "This exception was caught by the SWIG unexpected exception handler." << std::endl
-              << "Try using %feature(\"director:except\") to avoid reaching this point." << std::endl
-	      << std::endl
-              << "Exception is being re-thrown, program will like abort/terminate." << std::endl;
-    throw;
-  }
-
-
-  GCItem::~GCItem()
-  {
-  }
-  
 }
 
 #endif /* __cplusplus */