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William S Fulton 959e627208 %template scope enforcement and class definition fixes
The scoping rules around %template have been specified and enforced.
The %template directive for a class template is the equivalent to an
explicit instantiation of a C++ class template. The scope for a valid
%template instantiation is now the same as the scope required for a
valid explicit instantiation of a C++ template. A definition of the
template for the explicit instantiation must be in scope where the
instantiation is declared and must not be enclosed within a different
namespace.

For example, a few %template and explicit instantiations of std::vector
are shown below:

  // valid
  namespace std {
    %template(vin) vector<int>;
    template class vector<int>;
  }

  // valid
  using namespace std;
  %template(vin) vector<int>;
  template class vector<int>;

  // valid
  using std::vector;
  %template(vin) vector<int>;
  template class vector<int>;

  // ill-formed
  namespace unrelated {
    using std::vector;
    %template(vin) vector<int>;
    template class vector<int>;
  }

  // ill-formed
  namespace unrelated {
    using namespace std;
    %template(vin) vector<int>;
    template class vector<int>;
  }

  // ill-formed
  namespace unrelated {
    namespace std {
      %template(vin) vector<int>;
      template class vector<int>;
    }
  }

  // ill-formed
  namespace unrelated {
    %template(vin) std::vector<int>;
    template class std::vector<int>;
  }

When the scope is incorrect, an error now occurs such as:

cpp_template_scope.i:34: Error: 'vector' resolves to 'std::vector' and
was incorrectly instantiated in scope 'unrelated' instead of within scope 'std'.

Previously SWIG accepted the ill-formed examples above but this led to
numerous subtle template scope problems especially in the presence of
using declarations and using directives as well as with %feature and %typemap.

Actually, a valid instantiation is one which conforms to the C++03
standard as C++11 made a change to disallow using declarations and
using directives to find a template.

  // valid C++03, ill-formed C++11
  using std::vector;
  template class vector<int>;

Similar fixes for defining classes using forward class references have
also been put in place. For example:

namespace Space1 {
  struct A;
}
namespace Space2 {
  struct Space1::A {
    void x();
  }
}

will now error out with:

cpp_class_definition.i:5: Error: 'Space1::A' resolves to 'Space1::A' and
was incorrectly instantiated in scope 'Space2' instead of within scope 'Space1'.
2017-08-16 00:24:25 +01:00
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CParse %template scope enforcement and class definition fixes 2017-08-16 00:24:25 +01:00
DOH Warning fixes for 64bit visual c++ on Windows 2015-07-03 20:59:24 +01:00
Include Warning header cosmetics 2016-11-02 09:08:50 +00:00
Modules Memory leak fixes in Python default argument handling 2017-06-23 14:19:12 +01:00
Preprocessor Fix bug with comments inline in macros 2017-04-27 15:35:13 +01:00
Swig %template scope enforcement and class definition fixes 2017-08-16 00:24:25 +01:00
Makefile.am [PHP] Add support for PHP7. 2016-11-30 13:05:59 +13:00
README update this README 2008-11-03 13:32:33 +00:00

SWIG Source directory

 Source/DOH          -  A core set of basic datatypes including
                        strings, lists, hashes, and files.  Used
                        extensively by the rest of SWIG.

 Source/Swig         -  Swig core. Type-system, utility functions.

 Source/Preprocessor -  SWIG C Preprocessor

 Source/CParse       -  SWIG C Parser (still messy)

 Source/Modules      -  Language modules.

 Source/Include      -  Include files.

Historic directories which may be in CVS, but have been removed:

 Source/Modules1.1   -  Old SWIG-1.1 modules. Empty.

 Source/LParse       -  Experimental parser.  Officially dead
                        as CParse is more capable.

 Source/SWIG1.1      -  Old SWIG1.1 core. Completely empty now.