diff --git a/Lib/swig.swg b/Lib/swig.swg
index a69e54621..a454a28d7 100644
--- a/Lib/swig.swg
+++ b/Lib/swig.swg
@@ -188,13 +188,13 @@ namespace std {
 
 /* memberin typemap for arrays.   */
 
-%typemap(memberin) SWIGTYPE [] {
+%typemap(memberin) SWIGTYPE [ANY] {
   int ii;
   $1_basetype *b = ($1_basetype *) $1;
   for (ii = 0; ii < $1_size; ii++) b[ii] = *(($1_basetype *) $input + ii);
 }
 
-%typemap(globalin) SWIGTYPE [] {
+%typemap(globalin) SWIGTYPE [ANY] {
   int ii;
   $1_basetype *b = ($1_basetype *) $1;
   for (ii = 0; ii < $1_size; ii++) b[ii] = *(($1_basetype *) $input + ii);