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+%module abstract_typedef
+
+
+%inline %{
+    struct Engine
+    {
+    };
+
+    struct AbstractBaseClass
+    {
+      virtual ~AbstractBaseClass()
+      {
+      }
+      
+      virtual bool write(Engine& archive) const = 0;
+    };    
+
+    typedef Engine PersEngine;
+    typedef AbstractBaseClass PersClassBase;      
+
+    
+    class A : public PersClassBase
+    {
+      // This works always
+      // bool write(Engine& archive) const;
+
+      // This doesn't with Swig 1.3.17.
+      // But it works fine with 1.3.16
+      bool write(PersEngine& archive) const
+      {
+	return true;
+      }
+      
+    
+    };
+      
+%}
+
+
+/*
+
+Problem related to the direct comparison of strings
+in the file allocate.cxx (line 55)
+
+          ......
+	  String *local_decl = Getattr(dn,"decl");
+	  if (local_decl && !Strcmp(local_decl, base_decl)) {
+          ......
+
+with the direct string comparison, no equivalent types
+are checked and the two 'write' functions appear to be
+different because
+
+  "q(const).f(r.bss::PersEngine)." != "q(const).f(r.bss::Engine)."
+
+*/