[vtk-developers] Proposal to remove vtk.h

Ken Martin ken.martin at kitware.com
Wed Jun 27 08:33:40 EDT 2001


Sounds good to me. I left them out of vtknew as well.

- Ken

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> [mailto:vtk-developers-admin at public.kitware.com]On Behalf 
> Of Lorensen,
> William E (CRD)
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 7:28 AM
> To: vtk-developers at public.kitware.com
> Subject: [vtk-developers] Proposal to remove vtk.h
> 
> 
> Folks,
> 	I'd like to remove vtk.h from the distribution. This 
> include file was meant to be a
> convenience for developers so they would not have to 
> include individual class include files in their
> c++ programs. Unfortunately, it is not updated 
> automatically and becomes out of date on occassion.
> Also, including the file slows down compilation 
> considerably and its use should be discouraged.
> 
> There is only one test that include it I believe.
> 
> I'll wait til next week and if there are no objections, 
> I'll remove it along with its companions:
> vtkCommon.h, vtkGraphics.h, vtkContrib.h and so on,
> 
> Bill
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