[vtk-developers] Virtual methods in VTK classes

[John Biddiscombe]

Nope, if things need to be made virtual, then it should be done. Thery're only non-virtual now because noone's got around to subclassing and needing them.

JB


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charl P. Botha [mailto:c.p.botha at ewi.tudelft.nl]
> Sent: 01 July 2003 12:03
> To: VTK Developers
> Subject: [vtk-developers] Virtual methods in VTK classes
> 
> 
> Dear developers,
> 
> Is there any kind of policy with regards to virtual methods in VTK
> classes?  Are there any fundamental problems with making more of the
> base methods virtual?
> 
> At the moment, I'm looking at vtkBoxWidget.h for instance.  
> Most of this
> class's methods are non-virtual, meaning that deriving from 
> vtkBoxWidget
> to create a specialised box widget is near-impossible.
> 
> I would appreciated any comments on this, especially relating 
> to whether
> there would be problems virtualising some of the base methods.
> 
> Thanks for any comments,
> Charl
> 
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> charl p. botha http://cpbotha.net/ http://visualisation.tudelft.nl/
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