[vtk-developers] vtkLiteObject?

David Gobbi dgobbi at irus.rri.ca
Tue Apr 9 16:20:31 EDT 2002


Hi Andy,

The non-reference counted versions of objects often
contain the word 'Simple', e.g. vtkSimpleMutexLock,
so vtkSimpleObject is my preference.

For some reason 'vtkLiteObject' turns my stomach.

 Cheers,

 - David



On 9 Apr 2002, Andy Cedilnik wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I think we need to take reference counting out of vtkObject and
> put it in a common superclass.
> This is the case because vtkCommand and vtkContainer are not
> subclasses vtkObject, so they do have to implement their own
> reference counting scheme. Please let me know what you think
> the name of the common superclass should be?
>
> vtkLiteObject?
> vtkSuperObject?
> vtkAbstractObject?
>
> 			Andy




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