diff --git a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/DoxygenTranslator.cpp b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/DoxygenTranslator.cpp
index 8175629d1..3ea92e03b 100644
--- a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/DoxygenTranslator.cpp
+++ b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/DoxygenTranslator.cpp
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 
 #include "DoxygenTranslator.h"
 
-DoxygenTranslator::DoxygenTranslator(bool debugTranslator, bool debugParser) :
-  debug(debugTranslator),
-  parser(debugParser)
+DoxygenTranslator::DoxygenTranslator(int flags) :
+  m_flags(flags),
+  parser((flags & debug_parser) != 0)
 {}
 
 
diff --git a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/DoxygenTranslator.h b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/DoxygenTranslator.h
index 173bd58f0..7d908ee1f 100644
--- a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/DoxygenTranslator.h
+++ b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/DoxygenTranslator.h
@@ -29,10 +29,23 @@
  */
 class DoxygenTranslator {
 public:
+  /*
+   * Bit flags for the translator ctor.
+   *
+   * Derived classes may define additional flags.
+   */
+  enum {
+    // Use DoxygenParser in "noisy" mode.
+    debug_parser = 1,
+
+    // Output results of translating Doxygen comments.
+    debug_translator = 2
+  };
+
   /*
    * Constructor
    */
-  DoxygenTranslator(bool debugTranslator = false, bool debugParser = false);
+  DoxygenTranslator(int flags = 0);
 
   /*
    * Virtual destructor.
@@ -56,7 +69,9 @@ public:
   String *getDoxygenComment(Node *node);
 
 protected:
-  bool debug;
+  // The flags passed to the ctor.
+  const int m_flags;
+
   DoxygenParser parser;
 
   /*
diff --git a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.cpp b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.cpp
index b5edcb8a2..c7c601b9b 100644
--- a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.cpp
+++ b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.cpp
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ void JavaDocConverter::fillStaticTables()
       "&rarr");
 }
 
-JavaDocConverter::JavaDocConverter(bool debugTranslator, bool debugParser) :
-    DoxygenTranslator(debugTranslator, debugParser)
+JavaDocConverter::JavaDocConverter(int flags) :
+    DoxygenTranslator(flags)
 {
   fillStaticTables();
 }
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ String *JavaDocConverter::makeDocumentation(Node *node)
 
   // entityList.sort(CompareDoxygenEntities()); sorting currently not used,
 
-  if (debug) {
+  if (m_flags & debug_translator) {
     std::cout << "---RESORTED LIST---" << std::endl;
     printTree(entityList);
   }
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ String *JavaDocConverter::makeDocumentation(Node *node)
 
   javaDocString += "\n */\n";
 
-  if (debug) {
+  if (m_flags & debug_translator) {
     std::cout << "\n---RESULT IN JAVADOC---" << std::endl;
     std::cout << javaDocString;
   }
diff --git a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.h b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.h
index 78bf6bb88..eff00590c 100644
--- a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.h
+++ b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  */
 class JavaDocConverter : public DoxygenTranslator {
 public:
-  JavaDocConverter(bool debugTranslator = false, bool debugParser = false);
+  JavaDocConverter(int flags = 0);
   String *makeDocumentation(Node *node);
 
 protected:
diff --git a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.cpp b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.cpp
index 5320ce7f9..740eb6de2 100644
--- a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.cpp
+++ b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.cpp
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ void PyDocConverter::fillStaticTables()
   tagHandlers["&rarr"] = make_pair(&PyDocConverter::handleHtmlEntity, "-->");
 }
 
-PyDocConverter::PyDocConverter(bool debugTranslator, bool debugParser) :
-    DoxygenTranslator(debugTranslator, debugParser), m_tableLineLen(0), m_prevRowIsTH(
+PyDocConverter::PyDocConverter(int flags) :
+    DoxygenTranslator(flags), m_tableLineLen(0), m_prevRowIsTH(
         false)
 {
   fillStaticTables();
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ String *PyDocConverter::makeDocumentation(Node *n)
 
     result = pyDocString;
 
-    if (debug) {
+    if (m_flags & debug_translator) {
       std::cout << "\n---RESULT IN PYDOC---" << std::endl;
       std::cout << result;
       std::cout << std::endl;
diff --git a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.h b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.h
index 262772e7b..e037db9ce 100644
--- a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.h
+++ b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 class PyDocConverter : public DoxygenTranslator {
 public:
-  PyDocConverter(bool debugTranslator = false, bool debugParser = false);
+  PyDocConverter(int flags = 0);
   String *makeDocumentation(Node *node);
 
 protected:
diff --git a/Source/Modules/java.cxx b/Source/Modules/java.cxx
index a2687ab6e..4059ce9c7 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/java.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/java.cxx
@@ -261,8 +261,7 @@ public:
 
     SWIG_library_directory("java");
 
-    bool debug_doxygen_translator = false;
-    bool debug_doxygen_parser = false;
+    int doxygen_translator_flags = 0;
 
     // Look for certain command line options
     for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
@@ -289,12 +288,12 @@ public:
 	  Swig_mark_arg(i);
 	  doxygen = true;
 	  scan_doxygen_comments = true;
-  } else if ((strcmp(argv[i], "-debug-doxygen-translator") == 0)) {
-    Swig_mark_arg(i);
-    debug_doxygen_translator = true;
-  } else if ((strcmp(argv[i], "-debug-doxygen-parser") == 0)) {
-    Swig_mark_arg(i);
-    debug_doxygen_parser = true;
+	} else if ((strcmp(argv[i], "-debug-doxygen-translator") == 0)) {
+	  Swig_mark_arg(i);
+	  doxygen_translator_flags |= DoxygenTranslator::debug_translator;
+	} else if ((strcmp(argv[i], "-debug-doxygen-parser") == 0)) {
+	  Swig_mark_arg(i);
+	  doxygen_translator_flags |= DoxygenTranslator::debug_parser;
 	} else if ((strcmp(argv[i], "-noproxy") == 0)) {
 	  Swig_mark_arg(i);
 	  proxy_flag = false;
@@ -320,7 +319,7 @@ public:
     }
     
     if (doxygen)
-      doxygenTranslator = new JavaDocConverter(debug_doxygen_translator, debug_doxygen_parser);
+      doxygenTranslator = new JavaDocConverter(doxygen_translator_flags);
 
     // Add a symbol to the parser for conditional compilation
     Preprocessor_define("SWIGJAVA 1", 0);
diff --git a/Source/Modules/python.cxx b/Source/Modules/python.cxx
index 7a7c63733..e9675a8a7 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/python.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/python.cxx
@@ -339,8 +339,7 @@ public:
 
     SWIG_library_directory("python");
 
-    bool debug_doxygen_parser = false;
-    bool debug_doxygen_translator = false;
+    int doxygen_translator_flags = 0;
 
     for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
       if (argv[i]) {
@@ -436,12 +435,12 @@ public:
 	  doxygen = 1;
 	  scan_doxygen_comments = 1;
 	  Swig_mark_arg(i);
-  } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-debug-doxygen-translator") == 0) {
-    debug_doxygen_translator = true;
-    Swig_mark_arg(i);
-  } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-debug-doxygen-parser") == 0) {
-    debug_doxygen_parser = true;
-    Swig_mark_arg(i);
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-debug-doxygen-translator") == 0) {
+	  doxygen_translator_flags |= DoxygenTranslator::debug_translator;
+	  Swig_mark_arg(i);
+	} else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-debug-doxygen-parser") == 0) {
+	  doxygen_translator_flags |= DoxygenTranslator::debug_parser;
+	  Swig_mark_arg(i);
 	} else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-fastunpack") == 0) {
 	  fastunpack = 1;
 	  Swig_mark_arg(i);
@@ -564,7 +563,7 @@ public:
     }
     
     if (doxygen)
-      doxygenTranslator = new PyDocConverter(debug_doxygen_translator, debug_doxygen_parser);
+      doxygenTranslator = new PyDocConverter(doxygen_translator_flags);
 
     if (!global_name)
       global_name = NewString("cvar");