-// cvRelease* functions don't consider python's reference count
-// so we get a double-free error when the reference count reaches zero.
-// Instead, just make these aliases to Py_XDECREF()
-%define %myrelease(function)
-%ignore function;
-%rename (function) function##_Shadow;
-%inline %{
-void function##_Shadow(PyObject * obj){
- Py_XDECREF(obj);
-}
-%}
-%enddef
-
-%myrelease(cvReleaseImage);
-%myrelease(cvReleaseMat);
-%myrelease(cvReleaseStructuringElement);
-%myrelease(cvReleaseConDensation);
-%myrelease(cvReleaseKalman);
-%myrelease(cvReleaseHist);
-%myrelease(cvReleaseHaarClassifierCascade);
-%myrelease(cvReleasePOSITObject);
-%myrelease(cvReleaseImageHeader);
-%myrelease(cvReleaseMatND);
-%myrelease(cvReleaseSparseMat);
-%myrelease(cvReleaseMemStorage);
-%myrelease(cvReleaseGraphScanner);
-%myrelease(cvReleaseFileStorage);
-%myrelease(cvRelease);
-%myrelease(cvReleaseCapture);
-%myrelease(cvReleaseVideoWriter);
+// Fix cvRelease* function to play nice w/ Python
+// TODO some of these objects lack the delete method -- why???
+%myrelease(cv, cvReleaseImage, CvMat); // IplImage is CvMat in Python
+%myrelease(cv, cvReleaseMat, CvMat);
+%myrelease(cv, cvReleaseStructuringElement, IplConvKernel);
+%myrelease(cv, cvReleaseConDensation, CvConDensation);
+%myrelease(cv, cvReleaseKalman, CvKalman);
+%myrelease(cv, cvReleaseHist, CvHistogram);
+%myrelease(cv, cvReleaseHaarClassifierCascade, CvHaarClassifierCascade);
+//%myrelease(cvReleasePOSITObject, CvPOSITObject);
+%myrelease(cv, cvReleaseImageHeader, CvMat); // IplImage is CvMat
+%myrelease(cv, cvReleaseMatND, CvMatND);
+%myrelease(cv, cvReleaseSparseMat, CvSparseMat);
+%myrelease(cv, cvReleaseMemStorage, CvMemStorage);
+%myrelease(cv, cvReleaseGraphScanner, CvGraphScanner);
+//%myrelease(cvReleaseFileStorage, CvFileStorage);
+
+// TODO implement this
+%ignore cvRelease;