[vtk-developers] Stage one of Initialize/Deinitialize patches to RenderWindows everywhere

Brad King brad.king at kitware.com
Wed Jul 23 10:03:07 EDT 2003


> I have just committed the first batch of patches implementing the
> symmetrical Initialize() and Deinitialize() methods for RenderWindows
> that I discussed a few months back.

I think that "Deinitialize" should be called "Finalize".  Deinitialize
sounds like

  "Initialize...wait, I changed my mind and I'm not going to use this."

Finalize sounds like

  "Okay, I'm done using this."

which is the actual use for the method.

Also, "deinitialize" is not an english word, but "finalize" is.

-Brad




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