Typedefs of template instantiations not recognized properly?

The typedef resolution mechanism seems (in my hands) to play poorly 
with namespaces and/or the template mechanism.

I've got a SWIG interface similar to:
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namespace A {
        struct OpaqueStruct;
        typedef struct OpaqueStruct OpaqueType;
        typedef std::vector<OpaqueType> OpaqueVectorType;

        void FillVector(OpaqueVectorType);
}

%template(OpaqueVectorType) std::vector<A::OpaqueType>;

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Now, when I use the wrapper as follows:
>>> vec = SwigModule.OpaqueVectorType()
>>> SwigModule.FillVector(vec)

I get the following error:
Type error. Got _p_std__vectorTA__OpaqueType_t, expected 
_p_A__OpaqueVectorType

That is, the wrapper code doesn't realize that std::vector<OpaqueType> 
and A::OpaqueVectorType are the same thing!

I can't really figure out if the problem is due to the template 
mechanism, the typedef mechanism, or throwing namespaces into the mix. 
(It doesn't matter whether the %template line is above or below the 
namespace definition.)

Any thoughts? Is this a known issue? Am I just doing something wrong?
Basically, is there anything I can do, short or find/replace on the 
interface files to get rid of the need for the typedefs?

Thanks,

Zach Pincus

Department of Biochemistry and Program in Biomedical Informatics
Stanford University School of Medicine

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