diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 05681a110..a82b2bc47 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 language: cpp
-group: deprecated-2017Q3 # workaround for failing: pip install pep8
 matrix:
   include:
     - compiler: clang
@@ -50,10 +49,11 @@ matrix:
       env: SWIGLANG=java
       sudo: required
       dist: trusty
-#    - compiler: gcc
-#      os: linux
-#      env: SWIGLANG=javascript ENGINE=node
-#      dist: trusty
+    - compiler: gcc
+      os: linux
+      env: SWIGLANG=javascript ENGINE=node
+      sudo: required
+      dist: trusty
     - compiler: gcc
       os: linux
       env: SWIGLANG=javascript ENGINE=jsc
diff --git a/Doc/Manual/Contents.html b/Doc/Manual/Contents.html
index b879eaa04..97db5f11c 100644
--- a/Doc/Manual/Contents.html
+++ b/Doc/Manual/Contents.html
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@
 <li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_nn12">Static members</a>
 <li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_member_data">Member data</a>
 </ul>
-<li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_default_args">Default arguments</a>
 <li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_nn15">Protection</a>
 <li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_nn16">Enums and constants</a>
 <li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_nn17">Friends</a>
@@ -236,14 +235,15 @@
 <li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_nn19">Pass and return by value</a>
 <li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_nn20">Inheritance</a>
 <li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_nn21">A brief discussion of multiple inheritance, pointers,  and type checking</a>
-<li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_overloaded_methods">Wrapping Overloaded Functions and Methods</a>
+<li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_default_args">Default arguments</a>
+<li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_overloaded_methods">Overloaded functions and methods</a>
 <ul>
 <li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_nn24">Dispatch function generation</a>
-<li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_nn25">Ambiguity in Overloading</a>
-<li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_ambiguity_resolution_renaming">Ambiguity resolution and renaming</a>
+<li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_nn25">Ambiguity in overloading</a>
+<li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_ambiguity_resolution_renaming">Renaming and ambiguity resolution</a>
 <li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_nn27">Comments on overloading</a>
 </ul>
-<li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_nn28">Wrapping overloaded operators</a>
+<li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_nn28">Overloaded operators</a>
 <li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_class_extension">Class extension</a>
 <li><a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_nn30">Templates</a>
 <ul>
diff --git a/Doc/Manual/Customization.html b/Doc/Manual/Customization.html
index e5040fc9b..269e659e0 100644
--- a/Doc/Manual/Customization.html
+++ b/Doc/Manual/Customization.html
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ In this case, the exception handler is only attached to declarations
 named "allocate".  This would include both global and member
 functions.  The names supplied to <tt>%exception</tt> follow the same
 rules as for <tt>%rename</tt> described in the section on 
-<a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_ambiguity_resolution_renaming">Ambiguity resolution and renaming</a>.
+<a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_ambiguity_resolution_renaming">Renaming and ambiguity resolution</a>.
 For example, if you wanted to define
 an exception handler for a specific class, you might write this:
 </p>
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ involving <tt>%feature</tt>:
 </div>
 
 <p>
-The name matching rules outlined in the <a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_ambiguity_resolution_renaming">Ambiguity resolution and renaming</a>
+The name matching rules outlined in the <a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_ambiguity_resolution_renaming">Renaming and ambiguity resolution</a>
 section applies to all <tt>%feature</tt> directives.
 In fact the <tt>%rename</tt> directive is just a special form of <tt>%feature</tt>. 
 The matching rules mean that features are very flexible and can be applied with
diff --git a/Doc/Manual/Php.html b/Doc/Manual/Php.html
index 9a1178abf..9fbfd75c0 100644
--- a/Doc/Manual/Php.html
+++ b/Doc/Manual/Php.html
@@ -390,8 +390,7 @@ Although PHP does not support overloading functions natively, swig
 will generate dispatch functions which will use <tt>%typecheck</tt>
 typemaps to allow overloading.  This dispatch function's operation and
 precedence is described in <a
-href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_overloaded_methods">Wrapping
-Overloaded Functions and Methods</a>.
+href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_overloaded_methods">Overloaded functions and methods</a>.
 </p>
 
 <!-- This isn't correct for 1.3.30 and needs rewriting to reflect reality
diff --git a/Doc/Manual/SWIG.html b/Doc/Manual/SWIG.html
index 304377f29..a81081d9b 100644
--- a/Doc/Manual/SWIG.html
+++ b/Doc/Manual/SWIG.html
@@ -1737,41 +1737,14 @@ careful about namespaces and your use of modules, you can usually
 avoid these problems.</p>
 
 <p>
-<tt>%rename</tt> directive respects function parameters and <i>discriminates default parameters</i> from non-default,
-which is essential for some languages including Python. Be careful renaming functions having default parameters:
+When wrapping C code, simple use of identifiers/symbols with <tt>%rename</tt> usually suffices.
+When wrapping C++ code, simple use of simple identifiers/symbols with <tt>%rename</tt> might be too
+limiting when using C++ features such as function overloading, default arguments, namespaces, template specialization etc.
+If you are using the <tt>%rename</tt> directive and C++, make sure you read the
+<a href="SWIGPlus.html">SWIG and C++</a> chapter and in particular the section on
+<a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_ambiguity_resolution_renaming">Renaming and ambiguity resolution</a>
+for method overloading and default arguments.
 </p>
-<div class="code"><pre>
-%rename(toFFVal) to_val(FileFormat, bool bin=false);
-int to_val(FileFormat flag, bool bin=false)
-{
-  return 0;
-}
-
-%rename(toDFVal) to_val(DirFormat, bool bin);
-int to_val(DirFormat flag, bool bin=false)
-{
-  return 0;
-}
-
-%rename(toLFVal) to_val(FolderFormat, bool bin);
-int to_val(FolderFormat flag, bool bin=false)
-{
-  return 0;
-}
-</pre></div>
-
-<p>
-The SWIG generator yields the following warning for the last renaming:<br/>
-<tt>
-rename.i:36: Warning 509: Overloaded method to_val(FolderFormat) effectively ignored,<br/>
-rename.i:26: Warning 509: as it is shadowed by to_val(DirFormat).<br/>
-</tt>
-The renaming performed for the <tt>int to_val(FolderFormat flag, bool bin)</tt>,
-but not for the <tt>int to_val(FolderFormat flag)</tt>, where the second parameter <tt>bool bin</tt>
-is omitted taking the default value <tt>false</tt>. See details about the default
-parameters processing in the <a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_default_args">Default Arguments</a> section.
-</p>
-
 
 <p>
 Closely related to <tt>%rename</tt> is the <tt>%ignore</tt> directive.  <tt>%ignore</tt> instructs SWIG
@@ -2115,7 +2088,7 @@ except those consisting of capital letters only:
 <p>
 Finally, variants of <tt>%rename</tt> and <tt>%ignore</tt> directives can be used to help
 wrap C++ overloaded functions and methods or C++ methods which use default arguments. This is described in the
-<a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_ambiguity_resolution_renaming">Ambiguity resolution and renaming</a> section in the C++ chapter.
+<a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_ambiguity_resolution_renaming">Renaming and ambiguity resolution</a> section in the C++ chapter.
 </p>
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/Manual/SWIGPlus.html b/Doc/Manual/SWIGPlus.html
index f64de15e3..18059b40d 100644
--- a/Doc/Manual/SWIGPlus.html
+++ b/Doc/Manual/SWIGPlus.html
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 <li><a href="#SWIGPlus_nn12">Static members</a>
 <li><a href="#SWIGPlus_member_data">Member data</a>
 </ul>
-<li><a href="#SWIGPlus_default_args">Default arguments</a>
 <li><a href="#SWIGPlus_nn15">Protection</a>
 <li><a href="#SWIGPlus_nn16">Enums and constants</a>
 <li><a href="#SWIGPlus_nn17">Friends</a>
@@ -39,14 +38,15 @@
 <li><a href="#SWIGPlus_nn19">Pass and return by value</a>
 <li><a href="#SWIGPlus_nn20">Inheritance</a>
 <li><a href="#SWIGPlus_nn21">A brief discussion of multiple inheritance, pointers,  and type checking</a>
-<li><a href="#SWIGPlus_overloaded_methods">Wrapping Overloaded Functions and Methods</a>
+<li><a href="#SWIGPlus_default_args">Default arguments</a>
+<li><a href="#SWIGPlus_overloaded_methods">Overloaded functions and methods</a>
 <ul>
 <li><a href="#SWIGPlus_nn24">Dispatch function generation</a>
-<li><a href="#SWIGPlus_nn25">Ambiguity in Overloading</a>
-<li><a href="#SWIGPlus_ambiguity_resolution_renaming">Ambiguity resolution and renaming</a>
+<li><a href="#SWIGPlus_nn25">Ambiguity in overloading</a>
+<li><a href="#SWIGPlus_ambiguity_resolution_renaming">Renaming and ambiguity resolution</a>
 <li><a href="#SWIGPlus_nn27">Comments on overloading</a>
 </ul>
-<li><a href="#SWIGPlus_nn28">Wrapping overloaded operators</a>
+<li><a href="#SWIGPlus_nn28">Overloaded operators</a>
 <li><a href="#SWIGPlus_class_extension">Class extension</a>
 <li><a href="#SWIGPlus_nn30">Templates</a>
 <ul>
@@ -1104,113 +1104,7 @@ a few problems related to structure wrapping and some of SWIG's
 customization features.
 </p>
 
-<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_default_args">6.7 Default arguments</a></H2>
-
-
-<p>
-SWIG will wrap all types of functions that have default arguments. For example member functions:
-</p>
-
-<div class="code">
-<pre>
-class Foo {
-public:
-  void bar(int x, int y = 3, int z = 4);
-};
-</pre>
-</div>
-
-<p>
-SWIG handles default arguments by generating an extra overloaded method for each defaulted argument.
-SWIG is effectively handling methods with default arguments as if it was wrapping the equivalent overloaded methods.
-Thus for the example above, it is as if we had instead given the following to SWIG:
-</p>
-
-<div class="code">
-<pre>
-class Foo {
-public:
-  void bar(int x, int y, int z);
-  void bar(int x, int y);
-  void bar(int x);
-};
-</pre>
-</div>
-
-<p>
-The wrappers produced are exactly the same as if the above code was instead fed into SWIG.
-Details of this are covered later in the <a href="#SWIGPlus_overloaded_methods">Wrapping Overloaded Functions and Methods</a> section.
-This approach allows SWIG to wrap all possible default arguments, but can be verbose.
-For example if a method has ten default arguments, then eleven wrapper methods are generated.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Please see the <a href="Customization.html#Customization_features_default_args">Features and default arguments</a>
-section for more information on using <tt>%feature</tt> with functions with default arguments.
-The <a href="#SWIGPlus_ambiguity_resolution_renaming">Ambiguity resolution and renaming</a> section 
-also deals with using <tt>%rename</tt> and <tt>%ignore</tt> on methods with default arguments.
-If you are writing your own typemaps for types used in methods with default arguments, you may also need to write a <tt>typecheck</tt> typemap.
-See the <a href="Typemaps.html#Typemaps_overloading">Typemaps and overloading</a> section for details or otherwise
-use the <tt>compactdefaultargs</tt> feature flag as mentioned below.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-<b>Compatibility note:</b> Versions of SWIG prior to SWIG-1.3.23 wrapped default arguments slightly differently.
-Instead a single wrapper method was generated and the default values were copied into the C++ wrappers
-so that the method being wrapped was then called with all the arguments specified.
-If the size of the wrappers are a concern then this approach to wrapping methods with default arguments
-can be re-activated by using the <tt>compactdefaultargs</tt> 
-<a href="Customization.html#Customization_feature_flags">feature flag</a>.
-</p>
-
-<div class="code">
-<pre>
-%feature("compactdefaultargs") Foo::bar;
-class Foo {
-public:
-  void bar(int x, int y = 3, int z = 4);
-};
-</pre>
-</div>
-
-
-<p>
-This is great for reducing the size of the wrappers, but the caveat is it does not work for the statically typed languages,
-such as C# and Java,
-which don't have optional arguments in the language, 
-Another restriction of this feature is that it cannot handle default arguments that are not public.
-The following example illustrates this:
-</p>
-
-<div class="code">
-<pre>
-class Foo {
-private:
-  static const int spam;
-public:
-  void bar(int x, int y = spam);   // Won't work with %feature("compactdefaultargs") -
-                                   // private default value
-};
-</pre>
-</div>
-
-<p>
-This produces uncompilable wrapper code because default values in C++ are
-evaluated in the same scope as the member function whereas SWIG
-evaluates them in the scope of a wrapper function (meaning that the
-values have to be public). 
-</p>
-
-<p>
-The <tt>compactdefaultargs</tt> feature is automatically turned on when wrapping <a href="SWIG.html#SWIG_default_args">C code with default arguments</a>.
-Some target languages will also automatically turn on this feature
-if the keyword arguments feature (kwargs) is specified for either C or C++ functions, and the target language supports kwargs,
-the <tt>compactdefaultargs</tt> feature is also automatically turned on.
-Keyword arguments are a language feature of some scripting languages, for example Ruby and Python.
-SWIG is unable to support kwargs when wrapping overloaded methods, so the default approach cannot be used.
-</p>
-
-<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn15">6.8 Protection</a></H2>
+<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn15">6.7 Protection</a></H2>
 
 
 <p>
@@ -1230,7 +1124,7 @@ until you explicitly give a `<tt>public:</tt>' declaration (This is
 the same convention used by C++).
 </p>
 
-<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn16">6.9 Enums and constants</a></H2>
+<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn16">6.8 Enums and constants</a></H2>
 
 
 <p>
@@ -1260,7 +1154,7 @@ Swig_STOUT = Swig::STOUT
 Members declared as <tt>const</tt> are wrapped as read-only members and do not create constants.
 </p>
 
-<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn17">6.10 Friends</a></H2>
+<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn17">6.9 Friends</a></H2>
 
 
 <p>
@@ -1321,7 +1215,7 @@ namespace bar {
 and a wrapper for the method 'blah' will not be generated.
 </p>
 
-<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn18">6.11 References and pointers</a></H2>
+<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn18">6.10 References and pointers</a></H2>
 
 
 <p>
@@ -1421,7 +1315,7 @@ templates and the STL.  This was first added in SWIG-1.3.12.
 </p>
 
 
-<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn19">6.12 Pass and return by value</a></H2>
+<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn19">6.11 Pass and return by value</a></H2>
 
 
 <p>
@@ -1525,7 +1419,7 @@ classes that don't define a default constructor.
 It is not used for C++ pointers or references.
 </p>
 
-<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn20">6.13 Inheritance</a></H2>
+<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn20">6.12 Inheritance</a></H2>
 
 
 <p>
@@ -1711,7 +1605,7 @@ functions for virtual members that are already defined in a base
 class.
 </p>
 
-<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn21">6.14 A brief discussion of multiple inheritance, pointers,  and type checking</a></H2>
+<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn21">6.13 A brief discussion of multiple inheritance, pointers,  and type checking</a></H2>
 
 
 <p>
@@ -1843,7 +1737,113 @@ int y = B_function((B *) pB);
 In practice, the pointer is held as an integral number in the target language proxy class.
 </p>
 
-<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_overloaded_methods">6.15 Wrapping Overloaded Functions and Methods</a></H2>
+<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_default_args">6.14 Default arguments</a></H2>
+
+
+<p>
+SWIG will wrap all types of functions that have default arguments. For example member functions:
+</p>
+
+<div class="code">
+<pre>
+class Foo {
+public:
+  void bar(int x, int y = 3, int z = 4);
+};
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+SWIG handles default arguments by generating an extra overloaded method for each defaulted argument.
+SWIG is effectively handling methods with default arguments as if it was wrapping the equivalent overloaded methods.
+Thus for the example above, it is as if we had instead given the following to SWIG:
+</p>
+
+<div class="code">
+<pre>
+class Foo {
+public:
+  void bar(int x, int y, int z);
+  void bar(int x, int y);
+  void bar(int x);
+};
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+The wrappers produced are exactly the same as if the above code was instead fed into SWIG.
+Details of this are covered in the next section <a href="#SWIGPlus_overloaded_methods">Overloaded functions and methods</a>.
+This approach allows SWIG to wrap all possible default arguments, but can be verbose.
+For example if a method has ten default arguments, then eleven wrapper methods are generated.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Please see the <a href="Customization.html#Customization_features_default_args">Features and default arguments</a>
+section for more information on using <tt>%feature</tt> with functions with default arguments.
+The <a href="#SWIGPlus_ambiguity_resolution_renaming">Renaming and ambiguity resolution</a> section 
+also deals with using <tt>%rename</tt> and <tt>%ignore</tt> on methods with default arguments.
+If you are writing your own typemaps for types used in methods with default arguments, you may also need to write a <tt>typecheck</tt> typemap.
+See the <a href="Typemaps.html#Typemaps_overloading">Typemaps and overloading</a> section for details or otherwise
+use the <tt>compactdefaultargs</tt> feature flag as mentioned below.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<b>Compatibility note:</b> Versions of SWIG prior to SWIG-1.3.23 wrapped default arguments slightly differently.
+Instead a single wrapper method was generated and the default values were copied into the C++ wrappers
+so that the method being wrapped was then called with all the arguments specified.
+If the size of the wrappers are a concern then this approach to wrapping methods with default arguments
+can be re-activated by using the <tt>compactdefaultargs</tt> 
+<a href="Customization.html#Customization_feature_flags">feature flag</a>.
+</p>
+
+<div class="code">
+<pre>
+%feature("compactdefaultargs") Foo::bar;
+class Foo {
+public:
+  void bar(int x, int y = 3, int z = 4);
+};
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+
+<p>
+This is great for reducing the size of the wrappers, but the caveat is it does not work for the statically typed languages,
+such as C# and Java,
+which don't have optional arguments in the language, 
+Another restriction of this feature is that it cannot handle default arguments that are not public.
+The following example illustrates this:
+</p>
+
+<div class="code">
+<pre>
+class Foo {
+private:
+  static const int spam;
+public:
+  void bar(int x, int y = spam);   // Won't work with %feature("compactdefaultargs") -
+                                   // private default value
+};
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+This produces uncompilable wrapper code because default values in C++ are
+evaluated in the same scope as the member function whereas SWIG
+evaluates them in the scope of a wrapper function (meaning that the
+values have to be public). 
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The <tt>compactdefaultargs</tt> feature is automatically turned on when wrapping <a href="SWIG.html#SWIG_default_args">C code with default arguments</a>.
+Some target languages will also automatically turn on this feature
+if the keyword arguments feature (kwargs) is specified for either C or C++ functions, and the target language supports kwargs,
+the <tt>compactdefaultargs</tt> feature is also automatically turned on.
+Keyword arguments are a language feature of some scripting languages, for example Ruby and Python.
+SWIG is unable to support kwargs when wrapping overloaded methods, so the default approach cannot be used.
+</p>
+
+<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_overloaded_methods">6.15 Overloaded functions and methods</a></H2>
 
 
 <p>
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ checked in the same order as they appear in this ranking.
 If you're still confused, don't worry about it---SWIG is probably doing the right thing.
 </p>
 
-<H3><a name="SWIGPlus_nn25">6.15.2 Ambiguity in Overloading</a></H3>
+<H3><a name="SWIGPlus_nn25">6.15.2 Ambiguity in overloading</a></H3>
 
 
 <p>
@@ -2149,7 +2149,7 @@ it means that the target language module has not yet implemented support for ove
 functions and methods.  The only way to fix the problem is to read the next section.
 </p>
 
-<H3><a name="SWIGPlus_ambiguity_resolution_renaming">6.15.3 Ambiguity resolution and renaming</a></H3>
+<H3><a name="SWIGPlus_ambiguity_resolution_renaming">6.15.3 Renaming and ambiguity resolution</a></H3>
 
 
 <p>
@@ -2562,8 +2562,7 @@ exactly matches the wrapped method:
 <p>
 The C++ method can then be called from the target language with the new name no matter how many arguments are specified, for example:
 <tt>newbar(2, 2.0)</tt>, <tt>newbar(2)</tt> or <tt>newbar()</tt>.
-However, if the <tt>%rename</tt> does not contain the default arguments, it will only apply to the single equivalent target language overloaded method.
-So if instead we have:
+However, if the <tt>%rename</tt> does not contain the default arguments:
 </p>
 
 <div class="code">
@@ -2572,9 +2571,24 @@ So if instead we have:
 </pre>
 </div>
 
+<p>
+then only one of the three equivalent overloaded methods will be renamed and wrapped as if SWIG parsed:
+</p>
+
+<div class="code">
+<pre>
+void Spam::newbar(int i, double d);
+void Spam::bar(int i);
+void Spam::bar();
+</pre>
+</div>
+
 <p>
 The C++ method must then be called from the target language with the new name <tt>newbar(2, 2.0)</tt> when both arguments are supplied
 or with the original name as <tt>bar(2)</tt> (one argument) or <tt>bar()</tt> (no arguments).
+</p>
+
+<p>
 In fact it is possible to use <tt>%rename</tt> on the equivalent overloaded methods, to rename all the equivalent overloaded methods:
 </p>
 
@@ -2616,7 +2630,7 @@ As a general rule, statically typed languages like Java are able to provide more
 than dynamically typed languages like Perl, Python, Ruby, and Tcl.
 </p>
 
-<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn28">6.16 Wrapping overloaded operators</a></H2>
+<H2><a name="SWIGPlus_nn28">6.16 Overloaded operators</a></H2>
 
 
 <p>
diff --git a/Doc/Manual/Scilab.html b/Doc/Manual/Scilab.html
index bfde99fa3..fafb0b5a3 100644
--- a/Doc/Manual/Scilab.html
+++ b/Doc/Manual/Scilab.html
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ But we can use either use the <tt>get_perimeter()</tt> function of the parent cl
 
 
 <p>
-As explained in <a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_overloaded_methods">6.15</a> SWIG provides support for overloaded functions and constructors.
+As explained in <a href="SWIGPlus.html#SWIGPlus_overloaded_methods">Overloaded functions and methods</a> SWIG provides support for overloaded functions and constructors.
 </p>
 
 <p>As SWIG knows pointer types, the overloading works also with pointer types, here is an example with a function <tt>magnify</tt> overloaded for the previous classes <tt>Shape</tt> and <tt>Circle</tt>:
diff --git a/Doc/Manual/Sections.html b/Doc/Manual/Sections.html
index 739170745..c17f9e84e 100644
--- a/Doc/Manual/Sections.html
+++ b/Doc/Manual/Sections.html
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
-<title>SWIG-3.0 Documentation</title>
+<title>SWIG-4.0 Documentation</title>
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 </head>
 <body bgcolor="#ffffff">
-<H1><a name="Sections">SWIG-3.0 Documentation</a></H1>
+<H1><a name="Sections">SWIG-4.0 Documentation</a></H1>
 
 <p>
 Last update : SWIG-4.0.0 (in progress)
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index 26cc81ea1..e720e70d0 100644
--- a/Doc/Manual/index.html
+++ b/Doc/Manual/index.html
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
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+<title>SWIG-4.0 Documentation</title>
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diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/cpp11_ref_qualifiers_typemaps.i b/Examples/test-suite/cpp11_ref_qualifiers_typemaps.i
index e9cce4bfb..0e1c3fe53 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/cpp11_ref_qualifiers_typemaps.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/cpp11_ref_qualifiers_typemaps.i
@@ -5,30 +5,30 @@
 %}
 
 // typemaps to completely ignore the input parm and override it
-%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*ff)(bool) const   %{ $1 = &Funcs::FF2; %}
-%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*cc)(bool) &       %{ $1 = &Funcs::CC5; %}
-%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*gg)(bool) const & %{ $1 = &Funcs::GG8; %}
-%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*hh)(bool) &&      %{ $1 = &Funcs::HH11; %}
+%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*ff)(bool) const   %{ $1 = &Funcs::FFF2; %}
+%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*cc)(bool) &       %{ $1 = &Funcs::CCC5; %}
+%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*gg)(bool) const & %{ $1 = &Funcs::GGG8; %}
+%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*hh)(bool) &&      %{ $1 = &Funcs::HHH11; %}
 
-%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*)(bool) const   %{ $1 = &Funcs::FF3; %}
-%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*)(bool) &       %{ $1 = &Funcs::CC6; %}
-%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*)(bool) const & %{ $1 = &Funcs::GG9; %}
-%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*)(bool) &&      %{ $1 = &Funcs::HH12; %}
+%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*)(bool) const   %{ $1 = &Funcs::FFF3; %}
+%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*)(bool) &       %{ $1 = &Funcs::CCC6; %}
+%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*)(bool) const & %{ $1 = &Funcs::GGG9; %}
+%typemap(in) short (Funcs::*)(bool) &&      %{ $1 = &Funcs::HHH12; %}
 
 %inline %{
 struct Funcs {
-  short FF1(bool) const { return 1; }
-  short FF2(bool) const { return 2; }
-  short FF3(bool) const { return 3; }
-  short CC4(bool) & { return 4; }
-  short CC5(bool) & { return 5; }
-  short CC6(bool) & { return 6; }
-  short GG7(bool) const & { return 7; }
-  short GG8(bool) const & { return 8; }
-  short GG9(bool) const & { return 9; }
-  short HH10(bool) && { return 10; }
-  short HH11(bool) && { return 11; }
-  short HH12(bool) && { return 12; }
+  short FFF1(bool) const { return 1; }
+  short FFF2(bool) const { return 2; }
+  short FFF3(bool) const { return 3; }
+  short CCC4(bool) & { return 4; }
+  short CCC5(bool) & { return 5; }
+  short CCC6(bool) & { return 6; }
+  short GGG7(bool) const & { return 7; }
+  short GGG8(bool) const & { return 8; }
+  short GGG9(bool) const & { return 9; }
+  short HHH10(bool) && { return 10; }
+  short HHH11(bool) && { return 11; }
+  short HHH12(bool) && { return 12; }
 };
 struct TypemapsNamedParms
 {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct TypemapsUnnamedParms
 };
 %}
 
-%constant short (Funcs::*FF1_MFP)(bool) const = &Funcs::FF1;
-%constant short (Funcs::*CC4_MFP)(bool) & = &Funcs::CC4;
-%constant short (Funcs::*GG7_MFP)(bool) const & = &Funcs::GG7;
-%constant short (Funcs::*HH10_MFP)(bool) && = &Funcs::HH10;
+%constant short (Funcs::*FF1_MFP)(bool) const = &Funcs::FFF1;
+%constant short (Funcs::*CC4_MFP)(bool) & = &Funcs::CCC4;
+%constant short (Funcs::*GG7_MFP)(bool) const & = &Funcs::GGG7;
+%constant short (Funcs::*HH10_MFP)(bool) && = &Funcs::HHH10;
diff --git a/Lib/java/std_array.i b/Lib/java/std_array.i
index f75857e21..0944d932f 100644
--- a/Lib/java/std_array.i
+++ b/Lib/java/std_array.i
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ namespace std {
 
   template<class T, size_t N> class array {
   public:
-    typedef T& reference;
-    typedef const T& const_reference;
     typedef size_t size_type;
     typedef ptrdiff_t difference_type;
     typedef T value_type;
-    typedef T* pointer;
-    typedef const T* const_pointer;
+    typedef T &reference;
+    typedef const T &const_reference;
+    typedef T *pointer;
+    typedef const T *const_pointer;
     array();
     array(const array& other);
     size_type size() const;
diff --git a/Source/Modules/allegrocl.cxx b/Source/Modules/allegrocl.cxx
index 77f1319c7..f32d34976 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/allegrocl.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/allegrocl.cxx
@@ -1685,285 +1685,6 @@ int ALLEGROCL::top(Node *n) {
   return SWIG_OK;
 }
 
-/* very shamelessly 'borrowed' from overload.cxx, which
-   keeps the below Swig_overload_rank() code to itself.
-   We don't need a dispatch function in the C++ wrapper
-   code; we want it over on the lisp side. */
-
-#define Swig_overload_rank Allegrocl_swig_overload_rank
-
-#define MAX_OVERLOAD 256
-
-/* Overload "argc" and "argv" */
-// String *argv_template_string;
-// String *argc_template_string;
-
-struct Overloaded {
-  Node *n;			/* Node                               */
-  int argc;			/* Argument count                     */
-  ParmList *parms;		/* Parameters used for overload check */
-  int error;			/* Ambiguity error                    */
-};
-
-/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Swig_overload_rank()
- *
- * This function takes an overloaded declaration and creates a list that ranks
- * all overloaded methods in an order that can be used to generate a dispatch 
- * function.
- * Slight difference in the way this function is used by scripting languages and
- * statically typed languages. The script languages call this method via 
- * Swig_overload_dispatch() - where wrappers for all overloaded methods are generated,
- * however sometimes the code can never be executed. The non-scripting languages
- * call this method via Swig_overload_check() for each overloaded method in order
- * to determine whether or not the method should be wrapped. Note the slight
- * difference when overloading methods that differ by const only. The
- * scripting languages will ignore the const method, whereas the non-scripting
- * languages ignore the first method parsed.
- * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-static List *Swig_overload_rank(Node *n, bool script_lang_wrapping) {
-  Overloaded nodes[MAX_OVERLOAD];
-  int nnodes = 0;
-  Node *o = Getattr(n, "sym:overloaded");
-  Node *c;
-
-  if (!o)
-    return 0;
-
-  c = o;
-  while (c) {
-    if (Getattr(c, "error")) {
-      c = Getattr(c, "sym:nextSibling");
-      continue;
-    }
-    /*    if (SmartPointer && Getattr(c,"cplus:staticbase")) {
-       c = Getattr(c,"sym:nextSibling");
-       continue;
-       } */
-
-    /* Make a list of all the declarations (methods) that are overloaded with
-     * this one particular method name */
-    if (Getattr(c, "wrap:name")) {
-      nodes[nnodes].n = c;
-      nodes[nnodes].parms = Getattr(c, "wrap:parms");
-      nodes[nnodes].argc = emit_num_required(nodes[nnodes].parms);
-      nodes[nnodes].error = 0;
-      nnodes++;
-    }
-    c = Getattr(c, "sym:nextSibling");
-  }
-
-  /* Sort the declarations by required argument count */
-  {
-    int i, j;
-    for (i = 0; i < nnodes; i++) {
-      for (j = i + 1; j < nnodes; j++) {
-	if (nodes[i].argc > nodes[j].argc) {
-	  Overloaded t = nodes[i];
-	  nodes[i] = nodes[j];
-	  nodes[j] = t;
-	}
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  /* Sort the declarations by argument types */
-  {
-    int i, j;
-    for (i = 0; i < nnodes - 1; i++) {
-      if (nodes[i].argc == nodes[i + 1].argc) {
-	for (j = i + 1; (j < nnodes) && (nodes[j].argc == nodes[i].argc); j++) {
-	  Parm *p1 = nodes[i].parms;
-	  Parm *p2 = nodes[j].parms;
-	  int differ = 0;
-	  int num_checked = 0;
-	  while (p1 && p2 && (num_checked < nodes[i].argc)) {
-	    //    Printf(stdout,"p1 = '%s', p2 = '%s'\n", Getattr(p1,"type"), Getattr(p2,"type"));
-	    if (checkAttribute(p1, "tmap:in:numinputs", "0")) {
-	      p1 = Getattr(p1, "tmap:in:next");
-	      continue;
-	    }
-	    if (checkAttribute(p2, "tmap:in:numinputs", "0")) {
-	      p2 = Getattr(p2, "tmap:in:next");
-	      continue;
-	    }
-	    String *t1 = Getattr(p1, "tmap:typecheck:precedence");
-	    String *t2 = Getattr(p2, "tmap:typecheck:precedence");
-	    if ((!t1) && (!nodes[i].error)) {
-	      Swig_warning(WARN_TYPEMAP_TYPECHECK, Getfile(nodes[i].n), Getline(nodes[i].n),
-			   "Overloaded method %s not supported (incomplete type checking rule - no precedence level in typecheck typemap for '%s').\n",
-			   Swig_name_decl(nodes[i].n), SwigType_str(Getattr(p1, "type"), 0));
-	      nodes[i].error = 1;
-	    } else if ((!t2) && (!nodes[j].error)) {
-	      Swig_warning(WARN_TYPEMAP_TYPECHECK, Getfile(nodes[j].n), Getline(nodes[j].n),
-			   "Overloaded method %s not supported (incomplete type checking rule - no precedence level in typecheck typemap for '%s').\n",
-			   Swig_name_decl(nodes[j].n), SwigType_str(Getattr(p2, "type"), 0));
-	      nodes[j].error = 1;
-	    }
-	    if (t1 && t2) {
-	      int t1v, t2v;
-	      t1v = atoi(Char(t1));
-	      t2v = atoi(Char(t2));
-	      differ = t1v - t2v;
-	    } else if (!t1 && t2)
-	      differ = 1;
-	    else if (t1 && !t2)
-	      differ = -1;
-	    else if (!t1 && !t2)
-	      differ = -1;
-	    num_checked++;
-	    if (differ > 0) {
-	      Overloaded t = nodes[i];
-	      nodes[i] = nodes[j];
-	      nodes[j] = t;
-	      break;
-	    } else if ((differ == 0) && (Strcmp(t1, "0") == 0)) {
-	      t1 = Getattr(p1, "ltype");
-	      if (!t1) {
-		t1 = SwigType_ltype(Getattr(p1, "type"));
-		if (Getattr(p1, "tmap:typecheck:SWIGTYPE")) {
-		  SwigType_add_pointer(t1);
-		}
-		Setattr(p1, "ltype", t1);
-	      }
-	      t2 = Getattr(p2, "ltype");
-	      if (!t2) {
-		t2 = SwigType_ltype(Getattr(p2, "type"));
-		if (Getattr(p2, "tmap:typecheck:SWIGTYPE")) {
-		  SwigType_add_pointer(t2);
-		}
-		Setattr(p2, "ltype", t2);
-	      }
-
-	      /* Need subtype check here.  If t2 is a subtype of t1, then we need to change the
-	         order */
-
-	      if (SwigType_issubtype(t2, t1)) {
-		Overloaded t = nodes[i];
-		nodes[i] = nodes[j];
-		nodes[j] = t;
-	      }
-
-	      if (Strcmp(t1, t2) != 0) {
-		differ = 1;
-		break;
-	      }
-	    } else if (differ) {
-	      break;
-	    }
-	    if (Getattr(p1, "tmap:in:next")) {
-	      p1 = Getattr(p1, "tmap:in:next");
-	    } else {
-	      p1 = nextSibling(p1);
-	    }
-	    if (Getattr(p2, "tmap:in:next")) {
-	      p2 = Getattr(p2, "tmap:in:next");
-	    } else {
-	      p2 = nextSibling(p2);
-	    }
-	  }
-	  if (!differ) {
-	    /* See if declarations differ by const only */
-	    String *d1 = Getattr(nodes[i].n, "decl");
-	    String *d2 = Getattr(nodes[j].n, "decl");
-	    if (d1 && d2) {
-	      String *dq1 = Copy(d1);
-	      String *dq2 = Copy(d2);
-	      if (SwigType_isconst(d1)) {
-		Delete(SwigType_pop(dq1));
-	      }
-	      if (SwigType_isconst(d2)) {
-		Delete(SwigType_pop(dq2));
-	      }
-	      if (Strcmp(dq1, dq2) == 0) {
-
-		if (SwigType_isconst(d1) && !SwigType_isconst(d2)) {
-		  if (script_lang_wrapping) {
-		    // Swap nodes so that the const method gets ignored (shadowed by the non-const method)
-		    Overloaded t = nodes[i];
-		    nodes[i] = nodes[j];
-		    nodes[j] = t;
-		  }
-		  differ = 1;
-		  if (!nodes[j].error) {
-		    if (script_lang_wrapping) {
-		      Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_CONST, Getfile(nodes[j].n), Getline(nodes[j].n),
-				   "Overloaded method %s ignored,\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[j].n));
-		      Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_CONST, Getfile(nodes[i].n), Getline(nodes[i].n),
-				   "using non-const method %s instead.\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[i].n));
-		    } else {
-		      if (!Getattr(nodes[j].n, "overload:ignore")) {
-			Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_IGNORED, Getfile(nodes[j].n), Getline(nodes[j].n),
-				     "Overloaded method %s ignored,\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[j].n));
-			Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_IGNORED, Getfile(nodes[i].n), Getline(nodes[i].n),
-				     "using %s instead.\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[i].n));
-		      }
-		    }
-		  }
-		  nodes[j].error = 1;
-		} else if (!SwigType_isconst(d1) && SwigType_isconst(d2)) {
-		  differ = 1;
-		  if (!nodes[j].error) {
-		    if (script_lang_wrapping) {
-		      Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_CONST, Getfile(nodes[j].n), Getline(nodes[j].n),
-				   "Overloaded method %s ignored,\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[j].n));
-		      Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_CONST, Getfile(nodes[i].n), Getline(nodes[i].n),
-				   "using non-const method %s instead.\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[i].n));
-		    } else {
-		      if (!Getattr(nodes[j].n, "overload:ignore")) {
-			Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_IGNORED, Getfile(nodes[j].n), Getline(nodes[j].n),
-				     "Overloaded method %s ignored,\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[j].n));
-			Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_IGNORED, Getfile(nodes[i].n), Getline(nodes[i].n),
-				     "using %s instead.\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[i].n));
-		      }
-		    }
-		  }
-		  nodes[j].error = 1;
-		}
-	      }
-	      Delete(dq1);
-	      Delete(dq2);
-	    }
-	  }
-	  if (!differ) {
-	    if (!nodes[j].error) {
-	      if (script_lang_wrapping) {
-		Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_SHADOW, Getfile(nodes[j].n), Getline(nodes[j].n),
-			     "Overloaded method %s effectively ignored,\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[j].n));
-		Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_SHADOW, Getfile(nodes[i].n), Getline(nodes[i].n),
-			     "as it is shadowed by %s.\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[i].n));
-	      } else {
-		if (!Getattr(nodes[j].n, "overload:ignore")) {
-		  Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_IGNORED, Getfile(nodes[j].n), Getline(nodes[j].n),
-			       "Overloaded method %s ignored,\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[j].n));
-		  Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_IGNORED, Getfile(nodes[i].n), Getline(nodes[i].n),
-			       "using %s instead.\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[i].n));
-		}
-	      }
-	      nodes[j].error = 1;
-	    }
-	  }
-	}
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  List *result = NewList();
-  {
-    int i;
-    for (i = 0; i < nnodes; i++) {
-      if (nodes[i].error)
-	Setattr(nodes[i].n, "overload:ignore", "1");
-      Append(result, nodes[i].n);
-      //      Printf(stdout,"[ %d ] %s\n", i, ParmList_errorstr(nodes[i].parms));
-      //      Swig_print_node(nodes[i].n);
-    }
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-
-/* end shameless borrowing */
-
 int any_varargs(ParmList *pl) {
   Parm *p;
 
diff --git a/Source/Modules/emit.cxx b/Source/Modules/emit.cxx
index 7c2607fc8..813a30924 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/emit.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/emit.cxx
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ String *emit_action(Node *n) {
   if (catchlist) {
     int unknown_catch = 0;
     int has_varargs = 0;
-    Printf(eaction, "}\n");
+    Printf(eaction, "} ");
     for (Parm *ep = catchlist; ep; ep = nextSibling(ep)) {
       String *em = Swig_typemap_lookup("throws", ep, "_e", 0);
       if (em) {
diff --git a/Source/Modules/python.cxx b/Source/Modules/python.cxx
index 9039f07ca..4e9053395 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/python.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/python.cxx
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static String *getSlot(Node *n = NULL, const char *key = NULL, String *default_s
 
 static void printSlot(File *f, String *slotval, const char *slotname, const char *functype = NULL) {
   String *slotval_override = 0;
-  if (functype)
+  if (functype && Strcmp(slotval, "0") == 0)
     slotval = slotval_override = NewStringf("(%s) %s", functype, slotval);
   int len = Len(slotval);
   int fieldwidth = len > 41 ? (len > 61 ? 0 : 61 - len) : 41 - len;
@@ -2501,7 +2501,8 @@ public:
 
     String *tmp = NewString("");
     String *dispatch;
-    const char *dispatch_code = funpack ? "return %s(self, argc, argv);" : "return %s(self, args);";
+    const char *dispatch_code = funpack ? "return %s(self, argc, argv);" :
+      (builtin_ctor ? "return %s(self, args, NULL);" : "return %s(self, args);");
 
     if (castmode) {
       dispatch = Swig_overload_dispatch_cast(n, dispatch_code, &maxargs);
@@ -2515,7 +2516,8 @@ public:
     String *symname = Getattr(n, "sym:name");
     String *wname = Swig_name_wrapper(symname);
 
-    Printv(f->def, linkage, builtin_ctor ? "int " : "PyObject *", wname, "(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {", NIL);
+    const char *builtin_kwargs = builtin_ctor ? ", PyObject *SWIGUNUSEDPARM(kwargs)" : "";
+    Printv(f->def, linkage, builtin_ctor ? "int " : "PyObject *", wname, "(PyObject *self, PyObject *args", builtin_kwargs, ") {", NIL);
 
     Wrapper_add_local(f, "argc", "Py_ssize_t argc");
     Printf(tmp, "PyObject *argv[%d] = {0}", maxargs + 1);
@@ -2729,9 +2731,10 @@ public:
       Append(wname, overname);
     }
 
+    const char *builtin_kwargs = builtin_ctor ? ", PyObject *SWIGUNUSEDPARM(kwargs)" : "";
     if (!allow_kwargs || overname) {
       if (!varargs) {
-	Printv(f->def, linkage, wrap_return, wname, "(PyObject *", self_param, ", PyObject *args) {", NIL);
+	Printv(f->def, linkage, wrap_return, wname, "(PyObject *", self_param, ", PyObject *args", builtin_kwargs, ") {", NIL);
       } else {
 	Printv(f->def, linkage, wrap_return, wname, "__varargs__", "(PyObject *", self_param, ", PyObject *args, PyObject *varargs) {", NIL);
       }
@@ -2933,11 +2936,7 @@ public:
 	  }
 	  Printf(parse_args, "if ((nobjs < %d) || (nobjs > %d)) SWIG_fail;\n", num_required, num_arguments);
 	} else {
-	  if (noargs) {
-	    Printv(f->def, linkage, wrap_return, wname, "(PyObject *", self_param, ", PyObject *args) {", NIL);
-	  } else {
-	    Printv(f->def, linkage, wrap_return, wname, "(PyObject *", self_param, ", PyObject *args) {", NIL);
-	  }
+	  Printv(f->def, linkage, wrap_return, wname, "(PyObject *", self_param, ", PyObject *args", builtin_kwargs, ") {", NIL);
 	  if (onearg && !builtin_ctor) {
 	    Printf(parse_args, "if (!args) SWIG_fail;\n");
 	    Append(parse_args, "swig_obj[0] = args;\n");
@@ -3241,7 +3240,7 @@ public:
 	// Note: funpack is currently always false for varargs
 	Printv(f->def, linkage, wrap_return, wname, "(PyObject *", self_param, ", Py_ssize_t nobjs, PyObject **swig_obj) {", NIL);
       } else {
-	Printv(f->def, linkage, wrap_return, wname, "(PyObject *", self_param, ", PyObject *args) {", NIL);
+	Printv(f->def, linkage, wrap_return, wname, "(PyObject *", self_param, ", PyObject *args", builtin_kwargs, ") {", NIL);
       }
       Wrapper_add_local(f, "resultobj", builtin_ctor ? "int resultobj" : "PyObject *resultobj");
       Wrapper_add_local(f, "varargs", "PyObject *varargs");
@@ -3351,7 +3350,7 @@ public:
 	  closure_name = Copy(wrapper_name);
 	}
 	if (func_type) {
-	  String *s = NewStringf("(%s) %s", func_type, closure_name);
+	  String *s = NewStringf("%s", closure_name);
 	  Delete(closure_name);
 	  closure_name = s;
 	}
diff --git a/Source/Modules/r.cxx b/Source/Modules/r.cxx
index 6a326206f..db94ec934 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/r.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/r.cxx
@@ -290,8 +290,6 @@ public:
   int membervariableHandler(Node *n);
 
   int typedefHandler(Node *n);
-  static List *Swig_overload_rank(Node *n,
-			   bool script_lang_wrapping);
 
   int memberfunctionHandler(Node *n) {
     if (debugMode)
@@ -1314,260 +1312,6 @@ void R::addAccessor(String *memberName, Wrapper *wrapper, String *name,
     Printf(stdout, "Adding accessor: %s (%s) => %s\n", memberName, name, tmp);
 }
 
-#define MAX_OVERLOAD 256
-
-struct Overloaded {
-  Node      *n;          /* Node                               */
-  int        argc;       /* Argument count                     */
-  ParmList  *parms;      /* Parameters used for overload check */
-  int        error;      /* Ambiguity error                    */
-};
-
-
-List * R::Swig_overload_rank(Node *n, 
-				 bool script_lang_wrapping) {
-  Overloaded  nodes[MAX_OVERLOAD];
-  int         nnodes = 0;
-  Node *o = Getattr(n,"sym:overloaded");
-
-
-  if (!o) return 0;
-
-  Node *c = o;
-  while (c) {
-    if (Getattr(c,"error")) {
-      c = Getattr(c,"sym:nextSibling");
-      continue;
-    }
-    /*    if (SmartPointer && Getattr(c,"cplus:staticbase")) {
-	  c = Getattr(c,"sym:nextSibling");
-	  continue;
-	  } */
-
-    /* Make a list of all the declarations (methods) that are overloaded with
-     * this one particular method name */
-
-    if (Getattr(c,"wrap:name")) {
-      nodes[nnodes].n = c;
-      nodes[nnodes].parms = Getattr(c,"wrap:parms");
-      nodes[nnodes].argc = emit_num_required(nodes[nnodes].parms);
-      nodes[nnodes].error = 0;
-      nnodes++;
-    }
-    c = Getattr(c,"sym:nextSibling");
-  }
-  
-  /* Sort the declarations by required argument count */
-  {
-    int i,j;
-    for (i = 0; i < nnodes; i++) {
-      for (j = i+1; j < nnodes; j++) {
-	if (nodes[i].argc > nodes[j].argc) {
-	  Overloaded t = nodes[i];
-	  nodes[i] = nodes[j];
-	  nodes[j] = t;
-	}
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  /* Sort the declarations by argument types */
-  {
-    int i,j;
-    for (i = 0; i < nnodes-1; i++) {
-      if (nodes[i].argc == nodes[i+1].argc) {
-	for (j = i+1; (j < nnodes) && (nodes[j].argc == nodes[i].argc); j++) {
-	  Parm *p1 = nodes[i].parms;
-	  Parm *p2 = nodes[j].parms;
-	  int   differ = 0;
-	  int   num_checked = 0;
-	  while (p1 && p2 && (num_checked < nodes[i].argc)) {
-	    if (debugMode) {
-	      Printf(stdout,"p1 = '%s', p2 = '%s'\n", Getattr(p1,"type"), Getattr(p2,"type"));
-	    }
-	    if (checkAttribute(p1,"tmap:in:numinputs","0")) {
-	      p1 = Getattr(p1,"tmap:in:next");
-	      continue;
-	    }
-	    if (checkAttribute(p2,"tmap:in:numinputs","0")) {
-	      p2 = Getattr(p2,"tmap:in:next");
-	      continue;
-	    }
-	    String *t1 = Getattr(p1,"tmap:typecheck:precedence");
-	    String *t2 = Getattr(p2,"tmap:typecheck:precedence");
-	    if (debugMode) {
-	      Printf(stdout,"t1 = '%s', t2 = '%s'\n", t1, t2);
-	    }
-	    if ((!t1) && (!nodes[i].error)) {
-	      Swig_warning(WARN_TYPEMAP_TYPECHECK, Getfile(nodes[i].n), Getline(nodes[i].n),
-			   "Overloaded method %s not supported (incomplete type checking rule - no precedence level in typecheck typemap for '%s').\n",
-			   Swig_name_decl(nodes[i].n), SwigType_str(Getattr(p1, "type"), 0));
-	      nodes[i].error = 1;
-	    } else if ((!t2) && (!nodes[j].error)) {
-	      Swig_warning(WARN_TYPEMAP_TYPECHECK, Getfile(nodes[j].n), Getline(nodes[j].n),
-			   "Overloaded method %s not supported (incomplete type checking rule - no precedence level in typecheck typemap for '%s').\n",
-			   Swig_name_decl(nodes[j].n), SwigType_str(Getattr(p2, "type"), 0));
-	      nodes[j].error = 1;
-	    }
-	    if (t1 && t2) {
-	      int t1v, t2v;
-	      t1v = atoi(Char(t1));
-	      t2v = atoi(Char(t2));
-	      differ = t1v-t2v;
-	    }
-	    else if (!t1 && t2) differ = 1;
-	    else if (t1 && !t2) differ = -1;
-	    else if (!t1 && !t2) differ = -1;
-	    num_checked++;
-	    if (differ > 0) {
-	      Overloaded t = nodes[i];
-	      nodes[i] = nodes[j];
-	      nodes[j] = t;
-	      break;
-	    } else if ((differ == 0) && (Strcmp(t1,"0") == 0)) {
-	      t1 = Getattr(p1,"ltype");
-	      if (!t1) {
-		t1 = SwigType_ltype(Getattr(p1,"type"));
-		if (Getattr(p1,"tmap:typecheck:SWIGTYPE")) {
-		  SwigType_add_pointer(t1);
-		}
-		Setattr(p1,"ltype",t1);
-	      }
-	      t2 = Getattr(p2,"ltype");
-	      if (!t2) {
-		t2 = SwigType_ltype(Getattr(p2,"type"));
-		if (Getattr(p2,"tmap:typecheck:SWIGTYPE")) {
-		  SwigType_add_pointer(t2);
-		}
-		Setattr(p2,"ltype",t2);
-	      }
-
-	      /* Need subtype check here.  If t2 is a subtype of t1, then we need to change the
-                 order */
-
-	      if (SwigType_issubtype(t2,t1)) {
-		Overloaded t = nodes[i];
-		nodes[i] = nodes[j];
-		nodes[j] = t;
-	      }
-
-	      if (Strcmp(t1,t2) != 0) {
-		differ = 1;
-		break;
-	      }
-	    } else if (differ) {
-	      break;
-	    }
-	    if (Getattr(p1,"tmap:in:next")) {
-	      p1 = Getattr(p1,"tmap:in:next");
-	    } else {
-	      p1 = nextSibling(p1);
-	    }
-	    if (Getattr(p2,"tmap:in:next")) {
-	      p2 = Getattr(p2,"tmap:in:next");
-	    } else {
-	      p2 = nextSibling(p2);
-	    }
-	  }
-	  if (!differ) {
-	    /* See if declarations differ by const only */
-	    String *d1 = Getattr(nodes[i].n, "decl");
-	    String *d2 = Getattr(nodes[j].n, "decl");
-	    if (d1 && d2) {
-	      String *dq1 = Copy(d1);
-	      String *dq2 = Copy(d2);
-	      if (SwigType_isconst(d1)) {
-		Delete(SwigType_pop(dq1));
-	      }
-	      if (SwigType_isconst(d2)) {
-		Delete(SwigType_pop(dq2));
-	      }
-	      if (Strcmp(dq1, dq2) == 0) {
-
-		if (SwigType_isconst(d1) && !SwigType_isconst(d2)) {
-		  if (script_lang_wrapping) {
-		    // Swap nodes so that the const method gets ignored (shadowed by the non-const method)
-		    Overloaded t = nodes[i];
-		    nodes[i] = nodes[j];
-		    nodes[j] = t;
-		  }
-		  differ = 1;
-		  if (!nodes[j].error) {
-		    if (script_lang_wrapping) {
-		      Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_CONST, Getfile(nodes[j].n), Getline(nodes[j].n),
-				   "Overloaded method %s ignored,\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[j].n));
-		      Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_CONST, Getfile(nodes[i].n), Getline(nodes[i].n),
-				   "using non-const method %s instead.\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[i].n));
-		    } else {
-		      if (!Getattr(nodes[j].n, "overload:ignore")) {
-			Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_IGNORED, Getfile(nodes[j].n), Getline(nodes[j].n),
-				     "Overloaded method %s ignored,\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[j].n));
-			Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_IGNORED, Getfile(nodes[i].n), Getline(nodes[i].n),
-				     "using %s instead.\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[i].n));
-		      }
-		    }
-		  }
-		  nodes[j].error = 1;
-		} else if (!SwigType_isconst(d1) && SwigType_isconst(d2)) {
-		  differ = 1;
-		  if (!nodes[j].error) {
-		    if (script_lang_wrapping) {
-		      Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_CONST, Getfile(nodes[j].n), Getline(nodes[j].n),
-				   "Overloaded method %s ignored,\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[j].n));
-		      Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_CONST, Getfile(nodes[i].n), Getline(nodes[i].n),
-				   "using non-const method %s instead.\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[i].n));
-		    } else {
-		      if (!Getattr(nodes[j].n, "overload:ignore")) {
-			Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_IGNORED, Getfile(nodes[j].n), Getline(nodes[j].n),
-				     "Overloaded method %s ignored,\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[j].n));
-			Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_IGNORED, Getfile(nodes[i].n), Getline(nodes[i].n),
-				     "using %s instead.\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[i].n));
-		      }
-		    }
-		  }
-		  nodes[j].error = 1;
-		}
-	      }
-	      Delete(dq1);
-	      Delete(dq2);
-	    }
-	  }
-	  if (!differ) {
-	    if (!nodes[j].error) {
-	      if (script_lang_wrapping) {
-		Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_SHADOW, Getfile(nodes[j].n), Getline(nodes[j].n),
-			     "Overloaded method %s effectively ignored,\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[j].n));
-		Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_SHADOW, Getfile(nodes[i].n), Getline(nodes[i].n),
-			     "as it is shadowed by %s.\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[i].n));
-	      } else {
-		if (!Getattr(nodes[j].n, "overload:ignore")) {
-		  Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_IGNORED, Getfile(nodes[j].n), Getline(nodes[j].n),
-			       "Overloaded method %s ignored,\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[j].n));
-		  Swig_warning(WARN_LANG_OVERLOAD_IGNORED, Getfile(nodes[i].n), Getline(nodes[i].n),
-			       "using %s instead.\n", Swig_name_decl(nodes[i].n));
-		}
-	      }
-	      nodes[j].error = 1;
-	    }
-	  }
-	}
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  List *result = NewList();
-  {
-    int i;
-    for (i = 0; i < nnodes; i++) {
-      if (nodes[i].error)
-        Setattr(nodes[i].n, "overload:ignore", "1");
-      Append(result,nodes[i].n);
-      //      Printf(stdout,"[ %d ] %s\n", i, ParmList_errorstr(nodes[i].parms));
-      //      Swig_print_node(nodes[i].n);
-    }
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-
 void R::dispatchFunction(Node *n) {
   Wrapper *f = NewWrapper();
   String *symname = Getattr(n, "sym:name");
diff --git a/Tools/travis-linux-install.sh b/Tools/travis-linux-install.sh
index 43bdb77bc..4a958dfb8 100755
--- a/Tools/travis-linux-install.sh
+++ b/Tools/travis-linux-install.sh
@@ -33,10 +33,7 @@ case "$SWIGLANG" in
 	"javascript")
 		case "$ENGINE" in
 			"node")
-				travis_retry sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:chris-lea/node.js
-				travis_retry sudo apt-get -qq update
-				travis_retry sudo apt-get install -qq nodejs rlwrap
-				travis_retry sudo npm install -g node-gyp
+				travis_retry sudo apt-get install -qq nodejs node-gyp
 				;;
 			"jsc")
 				travis_retry sudo apt-get install -qq libwebkitgtk-dev
@@ -88,7 +85,7 @@ case "$SWIGLANG" in
 		travis_retry sudo apt-get -qq install php$VER-cli php$VER-dev
 		;;
 	"python")
-		pip install pep8
+		pip install --user pep8
 		if [[ "$PY3" ]]; then
 			travis_retry sudo apt-get install -qq python3-dev
 		fi