[vtk-developers] Recent API changes

Utkarsh Ayachit utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
Thu Jan 12 16:05:19 EST 2006


Yes, may be you are correct. I didn't realize the impact of this change
given that it's assumed that people include the headers for the classes
they use in the .cxx file. However, if the consensus is otherwise, I
have no qualms in adding the header file. I again, apologize for the break.

Utkarsh.

Lorensen, William E (GE, Research) wrote:
> Usually there is little harm in keeping a #include. Trade this off with breaking code in the installed base.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:vtk-developers-bounces+lorensen=crd.ge.com at vtk.org]On Behalf Of
> Wylie, Brian
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 3:39 PM
> To: Bill Lorensen; vtk-developers at vtk.org
> Subject: RE: [vtk-developers] Recent API changes
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> 
> Bill,
> 
> Not sure about the exclusion of that specific header file. Utkarsh will
> have to look into it. But I just wanted to give a general apology about
> the break, Kitware is doing this work under the direction of Sandia to
> support information visualization applications. Obviously we will try to
> minimize the impact of the changes as much as we can.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
>   Brian Wylie - Org 9227
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: vtk-developers-bounces+bnwylie=sandia.gov at vtk.org 
>>[mailto:vtk-developers-bounces+bnwylie=sandia.gov at vtk.org] On 
>>Behalf Of Bill Lorensen
>>Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 1:06 PM
>>To: vtk-developers at vtk.org
>>Subject: [vtk-developers] Recent API changes
>>
>>Folks,
>>Last week,  after a number of changes enhancing vtkDataArray, 
>>some of our itk code stopped compiling. I believe it is 
>>because itkDataArray.h is no longer being included by some 
>>other class.
>>
>>Was this an intentional change? What is the rationale? These 
>>sorts of API changes are troublesome.
>>
>>Bill
>>
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