/* File : example.i */ %module example %{ #include %} /* This example illustrates SWIG's handling of varargs functions. By default, variable length arguments are simply ignored. This is generally appropriate for wrapping I/O functions like printf. You can simply format a string in the scripting language, and pass it directly */ int printf(const char *fmt, ...); /* Since passing a format string might be dangerous. Here is a slightly different way of wrapping a printf style function */ #if 1 /* Replace ... with char *. */ %varargs(char *) fprintf; /* Ignore the format string, but set it to %s */ %typemap(in,numinputs=0) const char *fmt { $1 = "%s"; } #else /* An alternative approach using typemaps */ %typemap(in) (const char *fmt, ...) { $1 = "%s"; $2 = (void *) PyString_AsString($input); } #endif /* Typemap just to make the example work */ %typemap(in) FILE * "$1 = PyFile_AsFile($input);"; int fprintf(FILE *, const char *fmt, ...); /* Here is somewhat different example. A variable length argument function that takes a NULL-terminated list of arguments. We can use a slightly different form of %varargs that specifies a default value and a maximum number of arguments. */ /* Maximum of 20 arguments with default value NULL */ %varargs(20, char *x = NULL) printv; %inline %{ void printv(char *s, ...) { va_list ap; char *x; fputs(s,stdout); fputc(' ',stdout); va_start(ap, s); while ((x = va_arg(ap, char *))) { fputs(x,stdout); fputc(' ',stdout); } va_end(ap); fputc('\n',stdout); } %}