[vtk-developers] vtkSystemTools, vtkString

[Prabhu Ramachandran]

>>>>> "DG" == David Gobbi <dgobbi at irus.rri.ca> writes:

    DG> Hi Andy, I can see where a reference-counted string might be
    DG> used in VTK, but file path decomposition, string searches,
    DG> etc?  These things are useful to programmers at the
    DG> application level, but would they actually be used from within
    DG> other VTK classes?

Yes, I agree that VTK does not really need these internally, unless of
course you have some very specific need in mind.

    DG> I'm just not quite sure what full-fledged string handling has
    DG> to do with a 3D graphics library... if I need to deal with
    DG> strings and file systems I already have plenty of tools
    DG> outside of VTK to use.

Indeed.  I agree with David on this one.

prabhu