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+/* Standardized vector types usable in SWIG for those C++ functions
+ * that use them.
+ */
+
+%include "std_vector.i"
+%include "stdint.i"
+
+namespace std {
+  %template(intVector) vector<int>;
+  %template(int16Vector) vector<int16_t>;
+  %template(floatVector) vector<float>;
+  %template(doubleVector) vector<double>;
+  %template(byteVector) vector<uint8_t>;
+}