span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>std</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>string</span><span class=special>&gt; </span><span class=identifier>names</span><span class=special>();
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<p>
But you don't want to <a href="../../doc/v2/faq.html#question2">
to export std::vector&lt;std::string&gt;</a>, 
you want this function to return a python list of strings. <a href="../../index.html">
Boost.Python</a> has
excellent support for things like that:</p