Edit File: string.swg
%ensure_fragment(SWIG_AsCharPtrAndSize) %ensure_fragment(SWIG_FromCharPtrAndSize) %types(char *); %fragment("SWIG_pchar_descriptor","header") { SWIGINTERN swig_type_info* SWIG_pchar_descriptor(void) { static int init = 0; static swig_type_info* info = 0; if (!init) { info = SWIG_TypeQuery("_p_char"); init = 1; } return info; } } %include <typemaps/strings.swg> %typemaps_string(%checkcode(STRING), %checkcode(CHAR), char, Char, SWIG_AsCharPtrAndSize, SWIG_FromCharPtrAndSize, strlen, "<limits.h>", CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX)