[vtk-developers] Unique PIMPL class names

[Prabhu Ramachandran]

>>>>> "AC" == Andy Cedilnik <andy.cedilnik at kitware.com> writes:

    AC> Hi All, Recent bug in our code prompted me to the problem
    AC> which appears in several VTK classes. The problem is this:

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    AC> All internally used classes have to have a name with the
    AC> prefix of the VTK class that is using it. For example if class
    AC> vtkFoo needs a helper class Bar, the helper classes name
    AC> should be vtkFooBar and not vtkBar.

How about defining a namespace (called vtkFoo_ or something) inside
the .cxx file and then using that?  Do namespaces work under all
supported platforms?

cheers,
prabhu