%MappedType std::string
{
%TypeHeaderCode
#include <string>
%End

%ConvertToTypeCode
if (sipIsErr == NULL)
    return PyBytes_Check(sipPy);

    *sipCppPtr = new std::string(PyBytes_AsString(sipPy), PyBytes_Size(sipPy));

    return sipGetState(sipTransferObj);
%End

%ConvertFromTypeCode
return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(sipCpp->data(),sipCpp->length());
%End

};