[Insight-developers] Why is m_NumberOfThreads signed?

Sean McBride sean at rogue-research.com
Mon May 16 13:07:53 EDT 2011


On Mon, 16 May 2011 14:38:11 +0000, M.Staring at lumc.nl said:

>-          There is already an impact on users when switching to ITK4.
>This is just a small addition.
>
>-          Yes, when you are using int you get a warning, but it's a
>good warning! It warns that you may use a negative number for something
>that is never negative.
>
>For me ITK4 is the chance to do things the right way, also for these
>smaller nuisances. Otherwise we are stuck with it for the coming years.

+1.  It's not correct for an API that requires a positive count to be
declared to take a signed argument.  If these kinds of fixes can't be
done in ITK 4, when can they ever get done?

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