[vtk-developers] VTK ExternalData default object store

[Brad King]

On 05/21/2013 11:45 AM, Robert Maynard wrote:
> I personally don't believe that the ITK user/dev community should
> dictate how VTK is set up. If I was a ITK developer I would have
> objected and stated it was a bad name than.

We have been brining up ITK only as an example of success, not to
dictate behavior.

> I fully support the concept of ExternalData and the usage of it in
> VTK. But not encapsulating the internal implementation details of how
> VTK stores ExternalData seems to be a bad design choice. We should
> provide names that clearly express the intent and behavior, not ones
> that require people to understand ExternalData and VTK's testing data
> implementation before they know why they should set it.

I'll look at adding a VTK-specific name for the option.

-Brad