diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/complextest.i b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/complextest.i
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+%module complextest
+
+%include <complex.i>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+
+%inline 
+{
+  std::complex<double> Conj(const std::complex<double>&  a) 
+  {
+    return std::conj(a);
+  }  
+
+  std::complex<float> Conjf(const std::complex<float>&  a) 
+  {
+    return std::conj(a);
+  }  
+}
+
+#else
+
+%inline 
+{
+  complex Conj(complex a)
+  {
+    return conj(a);
+  }
+}
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/complextest_runme.py b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/complextest_runme.py
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+import complextest
+
+a = complex(1,2)
+
+if complextest.Conj(a) != a.conjugate():
+  raise RuntimeError, "bad complex mapping"