[vtk-developers] Questions about the Wrapping/hints file

[David Cole]

Thanks.

I don't suppose there's a way to put comments in the "hints" file is there?


On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:06 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com> wrote:
> The repeat is intentional.   Essentially, the "class", "method", and
> "type" values must match the method in order for the size hint to be
> used.  If no match is found, the hint line is ignored.
>
> Depending on the platform, the method will be:
> __int64 *vtkTypeInt64Array::GetValueRange()
>
> or:
> long long *vtkTypeInt64Array::GetValueRange()
>
> In the first case, the 30C line will be used and the 30B line will be ignored.
> In the second case, the 30C line will be ignored and 30B will be used.
> All four of these lines are needed.
>
>  - David
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 3:36 PM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:
>> These lines (221 - 224 in today's master) are near-duplicates:
>>
>> vtkTypeInt64Array                     GetValueRange                     30B  2
>> vtkTypeInt64Array                     GetValueRange                     30C  2
>> vtkTypeUInt64Array                    GetValueRange                     31B  2
>> vtkTypeUInt64Array                    GetValueRange                     31C  2
>>
>> Are these two near-duplicates intentional? Is only the first of each
>> pair used? Is the first of each pair the correct one?
>>
>> Thx,
>> David C.
>