haoyu bai nfkfqhcfugmailcom richard boulton wrote yes haoyu talking suspect meant doesnt work rather work thats reason doesnt work 2x 30 thanks richard helping explain ill ask direct question recommended replacement newinstancemethod particular would recommended replacement following code snippet class testbaseobject proxy c testbase class unrelated code omitted pass _testtestbase_test c function _test dll module testbasetest newinstancemethod_testtestbase_testnonetestbase secondary question whether newinstancemethod ever right way swig working person originally wrote python backend swig isnt around far know dont knowledge reason code written way yes problems encountered think using newinstancemethod speed swigs command line fastproxy option enabled fastproxy use fast proxy mechanism member methods expect find way python 3 fast newinstancemethod best regards haoyu bai 4282008 _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 103804 0800 python3000 binding builtin function class