hammer/src/bindings/swig/hammer.i

%module hammer

%include "stdint.i"
%include "typemaps.i"
%apply char [ANY] { uint8_t [ANY] };

#if defined(SWIGPYTHON)
%typemap(in) uint8_t* {
  $1 = (uint8_t*)PyString_AsString($input);
 }
%typemap(out) uint8_t* {
  $result = PyString_FromString((char*)$1);
 }
%typemap(in) uint8_t {
  if (PyInt_Check($input)) {
    $1 = PyInt_AsLong($input);
  }
  else if (!PyString_Check($input)) {
    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Expecting a string");
    return NULL;
  } else {
    $1 = *(uint8_t*)PyString_AsString($input);
  }
 }
%typemap(out) HBytes* {
  $result = PyString_FromStringAndSize((char*)$1->token, $1->len);
 }
#else
  #warning no uint8_t* typemaps defined
#endif

 // All the include paths are relative to the build, i.e., ../../. If you need to build these manually (i.e., not with scons), keep that in mind.
%{
#include "allocator.h"
#include "hammer.h"
#include "internal.h"
%}
%include "allocator.h"
%include "hammer.h"