[vtk-developers] Another 'major' change in vtkSetGet

[Andy Cedilnik]

At 10:05 AM 2/8/2002 -0500, Lisa S. Avila wrote:
>Hi Andy,
>
>I think this is a good idea - but I don't like the names. I would think the
>"implementation" macro would go in the cxx file not the header. Also, why 
>do we need any macro in the header file now - we would simply declare the 
>method, right?
>of the vtkSetObjectMacro. I added macro vtkSetObjectImplementationMacro,

Hmm, this is what I said:

>>which solves that problem. The way it works is that you put the actual
>>prototype for the set method:
>>
>>         void SetTransformMatrix(vtkMatrix4x4*);
>>
>>to header file and put the macro in the c++ file:
>>
>>vtkSetObjectImplementationMacro(vtkLight,TransformMatrix,vtkMatrix4x4);

There was a suggestion of changing the name to:

vtkSetObjectCxxMacro or vtkCxxSetObjectMacro

If you all agree, I will make the change.


                                 Andy