[vtk-developers] Const correctness for string methods

[Charl P. Botha]

John Biddiscombe wrote:

> JB
> Exception handling ranks alongside float->double from my point of view
> though. it is needed.

Just my 2c from my little wrapping cocoon:
Exception handling in VTK would make mixed VTK/ITK pipelines behave 
better as well.  At the moment, if a pipeline that ends in a VTK class 
is updated from Python (by Update()ing the VTK instance at the end) and 
ITK throws an exception somewhere earlier in the pipeline, that 
exception is not caught and the application unceremoniously terminates.

To work around this, you have to call Update() on the last ITK endpoint 
before calling Update() on the VTK endpoint, but if VTK threw, caught 
and handled exceptions similarly to ITK, this would not be necessary. 
You would be able to handle mixed pipelines just like you handle a pure 
VTK or pure ITK pipeline.

Thanks,
Charl

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