[vtk-developers] VTK ExternalData default object store

[Bill Lorensen]

Using an existing directory as a default sounds like a good idea.



On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Brad King <brad.king at kitware.com> wrote:

> 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
>



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