<div>Great, I didn't realize that this had already been decided. Was this ever announced on the VTK developer list? I don't remember it, and am going to admit to not reading through the ARB notes (although I will try to make a point of doing so in future).</div>
<div><br></div><div>I would like to propose that once decisions have been made by the ARB, we announce them on the developer/user lists as and when appropriate. I could help with this, and summarize what is important for VTK developers if that would be helpful.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks for clarifying the situation Bill, and pointing out the relevant pages on the wiki.</div><div><br></div><div>Marcus</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Bill Lorensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill.lorensen@gmail.com">bill.lorensen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">In April, the ARB approved the use of std::<br>
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<a href="http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/ARB/Meetings/April_2010" target="_blank">http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/ARB/Meetings/April_2010</a><br>
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In January, the commit check was removed:<br>
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<a href="http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/ARB/Meetings/January_2010" target="_blank">http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/ARB/Meetings/January_2010</a><br>
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Bill<br>
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On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Marcus D. Hanwell<br>
<div class="im"><<a href="mailto:marcus.hanwell@kitware.com">marcus.hanwell@kitware.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Bill Lorensen <<a href="mailto:bill.lorensen@gmail.com">bill.lorensen@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I believe that we no longer need vtkstd. The commit hooks to prevent<br>
>> its use were removed some time ago if I recall.<br>
>><br>
> If that is the case, then is there a general consensus that we can deprecate<br>
> its use? In the newer stuff I write I would much rather use the STL headers<br>
> directly, and reference the std namespace.<br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Marcus<br>
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