Re: changing signature of function with ignore/rename

Put the %extend A { ... } before the %ignore A::get.

William

On Wed, 6 Jul 2022 at 15:14, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all
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> Hi all
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> William added support for std::unique_ptr  a few days ago but I need to
> support older SWIG for a while. Therefore I'm trying to work-around it by
> creating an equivalent function in the SWIG interface file that returns a
> bare pointer that should replace the original. I have to ignore the
> original function but would like to give the "replacement" function the
> same name. Something like this
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> // original code has
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> std::unique_ptr<B> A::get();
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> // ignore to avoid error with unique_ptr
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> %ignore A::get;
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> %include "A.h"
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> %newobject A::get;
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> %extend A
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>   {
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>     // replacement
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>     B* get()  { return self->get().release();  }
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>   }
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> This works when my replacement function has a different name.
> Unfortunately the %ignore for the original function, means that my
> replacement function gets ignored as well.
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> Any suggestions?
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> Kris
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