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+This is the beginning of an attempt to SWIG-ify Botan so it can be accessed by
+other languages. You should use the latest SWIG 1.3 release (I am currently
+using SWIG 1.3.19). Currently I am only testing this code with Python 2.2.1,
+since that is the language I am mainly interested in at this point. Feel free
+to send me patches so this is usable with Perl or whatever.
+
+I'm not attempting to make everything in Botan usable from a script -
+basically, I just want the parts that *I* want to use. Most things are not
+supported yet, and there are lots of bugs in the stuff that does exist. If
+there is something in particular that you would like to be able to use from a
+script, let me know (patches are good, too).
+
+Todo:
+  * Why does it seg fault if we don't create a LibraryInitializer. It should
+    throw an exception, like it does in C++. Maybe have it init Botan when the
+    module is loaded? That seems a lot cleaner/nicer, but I don't know how to
+    do it yet.
+  * Lots of problems with exceptions
+  * Use constraints to prevent bad args when possible
+  * Pipe/Filter
+     - Better argument processing for all filters
+     - Support for ciphers, MACs, etc
+     - Chain + Fork
+     - Support for append/prepend/pop/reset in Pipe?
+  * Public Key Crypto
+     - RSA
+     - DSA
+     - DH
+     - Generic X.509 and PKCS #8 stuff
+  * PKI
+     - X.509 certs + CRLs
+     - PKCS #10 requests
+     - X.509 stores
+     - X.509 CA