[vtk-developers] Pay attention, grab a beer: VTK 5.0

[Brad King]

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Jeff Lee wrote:

> Brad King wrote:
> >I doubt STL will be allowed in the API due to the limitations from Tcl
> >wrapping.  This doesn't mean, however, that we cannot have an
> >STL-compatible interface (like iterators).  Do you have a specific example
> >from the current API that you would like to see use STL-style?
>
> Not specifically, but I was thinking of this for multi-input filters,
> and also for some reason I wasn't able to use stl in a private method of
> a class.

The representation of filter inputs inside the pipeline will probably be
changing and this may become a moot point.

> I would think that there is an equivalent container in the wrapper
> languages for each stl container - is that incorrect for tcl?

Yes, but that is not the problem.  Parsing interfaces that use templates
is not something currently supported by the Tcl wrappers.  This is why ITK
uses CableSwig for wrapping.

-Brad