[Insight-developers] removing GetOptimizer method

[Bill Lorensen]

If none of our customers use this then we can probably remove it. Of course,
we don't know if any of our customers use this.

What is the impact if we keep it?

Bill

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Ziv Yaniv <zyaniv at childrensnational.org>wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I would like to remove the GetOptimizer method from the following
> optimizers: itkAmoebaOptimizer, itkConjugateGradientOptimizer,
> itkLBFGSOptimizer, itkLevenbergMarquardtOptimizer . All of these wrap vnl
> optimizers.
>
> The GetOptimizer method is problematic as it exposes the underlying vnl
> class . Such a method should never have made it into ITK as it is a back
> door, removing any sanity checks ITK may have put in place when wrapping the
> vnl optimizer.
>
> Please let me know if there is a reason not to do this. If no one has a
> reason then I will do this next week.
>
>                    thanks
>                        Ziv
>
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