Thanks for the quick update.  After thinking about this for an hour or so I have another idea.  What about testing something like:

if( transpose_flag != 'N' ){

    transpose_flag = 'T';    // For single or double precision

    transpose_flag = 'C';    // For complex

}

This would allow a templated function to use the same flag for both complex and non-complex types, and have the binding sort it out.  Would this bring bad karma?

Thanks again,

Jeremy