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Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator
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<h2>Welcome to SWIG</h2>

[ <a href="http://swig-jp.dyndns.org">Japanese</a> ]

<p>
SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in
C and C++ with a variety of high-level programming
languages.  SWIG is primarily used with common scripting languages
such as Perl, Python, Tcl/Tk, and Ruby, however the list of 
<a href="compat.html#SupportedLanguages">supported languages</a> also includes 
non-scripting languages such as Java, OCAML and C#. Also several
interpreted and compiled Scheme implementations (Guile, MzScheme,
Chicken) are supported. SWIG is most
commonly used to create high-level interpreted or compiled programming
environments, user interfaces, and as a tool for testing and prototyping C/C++
software.  SWIG can also export its parse tree in the form of XML and
Lisp s-expressions.  SWIG may be freely used, distributed, and modified for commercial
and non-commercial use.

<ul>
<li> <a href="survey.html">Download</a> the latest version.
<li> <a href="doc.html">Documentation, papers, and presentations</a>
<li> <a href="compare.html">Features</a>.
<li> <a href="mail.html">Mailing List</a>
<li> <a href="bugs.html">Bug tracking</a>
<li> <a href="http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl">SwigWiki!</a>
</ul>

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<h3>News</h3>


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<b>2003/03/28</b>
SWIG-1.3.19 has been
released.  This release fixes a small number of critical bugs in 1.3.18.

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<b>2003/03/23</b> Dave wins an NSF CAREER award to, well, work on the next generation version of
SWIG!  Read more about it <a href="nsf.html">here</a>.

<p>
<b>2003/03/23</b>
SWIG-1.3.18 has been
released.  This release includes a number of new language modules (C# and Chicken), new features, an improved
build environment, and a lot of minor bug fixes.

<p>
<b>2002/11/27</b>
An article about SWIG appears in <a href="http://www.cmagazine.jp/contents/200212.html">C Magazine</a> (Japanese).

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<b>2002/11/27</b>
Bernard Desgraupes has created a Macintosh version of SWIG-1.3.17. Download <a href="http://webperso.easyconnect.fr/bdesgraupes/Downloads/MacSwig_Carbon_1.3.17.hqx">here</a>.

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<b>2002/11/22</b>
SWIG-1.3.17 has been
released.  This is mostly a bug-fix release for 1.3.16.

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<b>2002/10/14</b>
SWIG-1.3.16 has been
released.  This is mostly a bug-fix release for 1.3.15.

<p>
<b>2002/10/01</b>
Mitchell Charity has created <a href="http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/inline/swig/">Inline::SWIG</a> for Perl.  Check it out.

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<b>2002/09/10</b>
SWIG-1.3.15 has been
released.  This is mostly a bug-fix release for 1.3.14 that resolves a number
of issues with template and namespace support.  Improvements to exception handling and overloading are also included.

<p>
<b>2002/08/12</b>
SWIG-1.3.14 has been
released.  SWIG development continues to break new ground--this release features
full support for overloaded methods and functions, C++ smart pointers, and more.  It also
includes new language modules for Ocaml and XML as well as a variety of enhancements to
existing modules.


<p>
<b>2002/07/19</b>
Shibukawa Yoshiki is working on a Japanese translation of the SWIG documentation.  Check out
<a href="http://swig-jp.dyndns.org/">swig-jp.dyndns.org</a>.

<p>
<b>2002/06/17</b>
SWIG-1.3.13
has been released.  This is a more stable version of SWIG-1.3.12.  If you downloaded
SWIG-1.3.12, you should upgrade.

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<b>2002/06/02</b>
<a href="Doc1.3/index.html">Updated documentation</a> for SWIG-1.3.12 is online.

<p>
<b>2002/06/02</b>
SWIG-1.3.12
has been released.  This is the most capable SWIG release ever!  New
features include support for C++ namespaces, enhanced support for C++
templates, new library files, updated documentation, and a huge number of minor enhancements.
See the <a href="survey.html">download</a> page for release notes
and versions for Windows and Macintosh.

<p>
<b>2002/04/03</b> Robert Tolbert has contributed <a href="swigdoc.pdf">PDF</a> and <a href="swigdoc.ps">postscript</a> versions of the SWIG-1.3.11 documentation.  Check it out.

<p>
<b>2002/02/01</b> SWIG-1.3.11 has been released.   This is a bug-fix release for SWIG-1.3.10.  The release also
includes substantial improvements to the Java and PHP modules.
See the <a href="survey.html">download</a> page for release notes and versions for Windows and Macintosh.  

<p>
<b>2001/12/10</b> SWIG-1.3.10 has been
released.   This release features substantial changes to typemaps, exception
handling, and SWIG's internals.   New features also include support for C++ operator
overloading and an experimental PHP module.   Since this is an unstable
release, first time users might want to consider using SWIG-1.3.9 or
SWIG1.1p5 instead.
See the <a href="survey.html">download</a> page for release notes and versions for Windows and Macintosh.  


<P>
<b>2001/12/10</b> The <a href="Doc1.3">development documentation</a> for SWIG1.3 has been extensively updated.  Not yet finished, but includes coverage of most
new SWIG features including the redesigned typemap system and
improved exception handling.             

<p>
<b>2001/10/31</b> Announcing <a href="http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl">SwigWiki</a>.   
Problems with SWIG?  Look here for more information and to contribute.

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<b>2001/09/28</b> <a href="Doc1.3">Development documentation</a> for SWIG1.3 is now online.  This is a work in progress, but many new SWIG features
are described.

<p>
<b>2001/09/23</b> SWIG-1.3.9 has been
released. This is a bug-fix release for 1.3.7 (described below).
See the <a href="survey.html">download</a> page for release notes and versions for Windows and Macintosh.  Note: SWIG-1.3.8 had a major parsing problem that
snuck in at the last moment--don't use that version.

<p>
<b>2001/09/03</b> SWIG-1.3.7 has been
released. This is one of the most substantial enhancements to SWIG ever released.  Includes a more
powerful parser, support for C++ templates, simplified wrapping of overloaded methods and more!
This release also includes some updated documentation on the new features. See the <a href="survey.html">download</a> page for release notes and versions for Windows and Macintosh.


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<b>2001/08/30</b> A precompiled executable of SWIG-1.3.6 for Windows (swigwin-1.3.6) is now available.


<p>
<b>2001/07/16</b> A Macintosh port of SWIG-1.3.6 (macswig-1.3.6)
has been contributed by Luigi Ballabio.

<p>
<b>2001/07/10</b> SWIG-1.3.6 has been released.  This release includes substantial changes
to the language modules and greatly improved support for Guile, Java, and 
Ruby.  Please see the <a href="survey.html">download</a> page for further details.

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<b>2000/10/14</b> A Macintosh port of SWIG1.3a5 (macswig1.3a5) has been contributed by Luigi Ballabio.


<p>
<b>2000/09/22</b> SWIG1.3a5
has been released.  This release has too many changes to list here,
but it fixes a lot of bugs in SWIG1.3a3 and SWIG1.3a4, includes new language modules
for Ruby and Mzscheme, and has some new examples.  Note: this is a somewhat
unstable release and may not be suitable for first time users.
Download SWIG1.1 instead.

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