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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Public Domain 2014-2016 MongoDB, Inc.
+# Public Domain 2008-2014 WiredTiger, Inc.
+#
+# This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
+#
+# Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
+# distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
+# binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any
+# means.
+#
+# In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors
+# of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the
+# software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit
+# of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and
+# successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of
+# relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this
+# software under copyright law.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+# IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
+# OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
+# ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+# OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+#
+
+# pip_init.py
+#      This is installed as __init__.py, and imports the file created by SWIG.
+# This is needed because SWIG's import helper code created by certain SWIG
+# versions may be broken, see: https://github.com/swig/swig/issues/769 .
+# Importing indirectly seems to avoid these issues.
+import os, sys
+fname = os.path.basename(__file__)
+if fname != '__init__.py' and fname != '__init__.pyc':
+    print(__file__ + ': this file is not yet installed')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# After importing the SWIG-generated file, copy all symbols from from it
+# to this module so they will appear in the wiredtiger namespace.
+me = sys.modules[__name__]
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__))  # needed for Python3
+import wiredtiger
+for name in dir(wiredtiger):
+    value = getattr(wiredtiger, name)
+    setattr(me, name, value)