swig: conversion of C double to Python float

[Ernie]

Hi,

I am learning swig to use C codes from Python. 

Here is the swig file mvf.i:
 %module mvf
 %include "carrays.i"
 %array_class(double, doubleArray);
 %typemap(out) double, float "$result = PyFloat_FromDouble($1);"
 %include mvf.h

Here is the mvf.c file  
 #include <stdio.h>
 double SumSquares(int n, double x[])  
 {
   double sum;
   int i;
   for (sum = 0.0, i = 0; i < n; i++) sum += x[i]*x[i];
   printf("DEBUG: %f\n", sum);
   return sum;
 }

The mvf.h file has the single line:
  double SumSquares(int n, double x[]);

Here is a script mvf.sh to create the _mvf.so file:
  swig -python mvf.i
  gcc -fpic -c mvf.c mvf_wrap.c -I/usr/local/include/python2.3
  gcc -shared mvf_wrap.o mvf.o -lm -O3 -o _mvf.so

and finally the Python test:

Python 2.3.3 (#1, Feb  4 2004, 13:34:29)
[GCC 3.3.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.2 3.3.1-2mdk)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import mvf           
>>> a = mvf.doubleArray(2) 
>>> a[0] = 1.0; a[1] = 2.0;
>>> mvf.SumSquares(2, a)
DEBUGGING: 5.000000    # C code ok!
0.0                    # !!!??? ... expecting a 5.0
>>> 

What could have gone wrong?

TIA,

Ernie