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+// From the SWIG documentation:
+//		Unlike #include, %include includes each file once
+//		(and will not reload the file on subsequent %include declarations).
+//		Therefore, it is not necessary to use include-guards in SWIG interfaces. 
+// So you can include this file and .i files for other C types
+%include "stdint.i"
+%include "carrays.i"
+%array_class(int16_t, int16Array);