[ITK-dev] Name mangling for niftilib (Modules/ThirdParty/NIFTI)?

[Niels Dekker]

Our project links to both ITK and the NiftyReg library (*), and thereby 
indirectly to two different versions of the niftilib library that have 
the same binary interface. To avoid potential link errors and unexpected 
run-time behavior, could there be name mangling added to ITK's niftilib 
version, at Modules/ThirdParty/NIFTI/src/nifty/niftilib?

We would suggest an approach according to the existing ITK third party 
name mangling practice, e.g., by "itk_png_mangle.h", and 
"itk_zlib_mangle.h".

We already have a patch for ITK within our project, SuperElastix, at 
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SuperElastix/SuperElastix/c94d65bef1b0fe368b194bbf4de8ccd505a873b0/SuperBuild/Patches/itk_nifti_mangle.patch

Kind regards, also on behalf of Floris Berendsen,

   Niels

(*) The NiftyReg library is from 
https://cmiclab.cs.ucl.ac.uk/mmodat/niftyreg

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Niels Dekker
Scientific programmer
LKEB, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands