[vtk-developers] An interesting statistic about VTK

[Bill Lorensen]

I agree with Dave C. Just turn TCL wrapping off on most platforms. Turn it
on for a couple.
On May 8, 2015 9:21 AM, "David Cole via vtk-developers" <
vtk-developers at vtk.org> wrote:

> On the other hand, the tests are "not even there" if you simply turn
> off TCL wrapping... So why bother removing them? They're a useful
> reference for those who turn on TCL wrapping.
>
> If TCL wrapping is supported, there should be some tests/examples in TCL.
>
> I would say if you want to get rid of them, get rid of TCL wrapping
> entirely. But if you're not willing to go all the way like that, leave
> the tests for the poor souls stuck using TCL.
>
> Just an alternate opinion to consider. Please don't give it too much
> weight, as I have personally totally been in favor of getting rid of
> TCL entirely since 2005.
>
>
> David C.
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Berk Geveci <berk.geveci at kitware.com>
> wrote:
> > Seconded.
> >
> > On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 5:50 AM, Will Schroeder <
> will.schroeder at kitware.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Nice work Andrew!
> >>
> >> I'm all for eliminating duplicates, especially if it means people can
> test
> >> more and faster, although if we are going to retain Tcl for the long
> haul we
> >> do have to continue to test Tcl language bindings. Personally I have not
> >> used Tcl for several years now.....
> >>
> >> W
> >>
> >> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 2:00 AM, Andrew Maclean <
> andrew.amaclean at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi All,
> >>>
> >>> Look at this for VTK:
> >>> ----------------------------------------
> >>> Total number of Cxx tests :   1053
> >>> Total number of Python tests :    537
> >>> Total number of TCL tests :    443
> >>> Total number of tests :   2033
> >>> ----------------------------------------
> >>> Tests in TCL but not in Python or Cxx.
> >>> Common/Core/Testing/Tcl
> >>> TestArrays
> >>> TestString
> >>> otherInterp
> >>> otherPrint
> >>> Filters/Core/Testing/Tcl
> >>> probe
> >>> Filters/Sources/Testing/Tcl
> >>> squadViewer
> >>> Rendering/Tk/Testing/Tcl
> >>> TestTextActor3D
> >>> cursor3D
> >>> ----------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> Some time ago we spent a lot of time converting the Tcl tests to Python
> >>> either automatically or by hand, so now these 8 tests are the only
> ones not
> >>> in Python or TCL. Although Common/Core/Testing/Python/TestStrings.py
> vastly
> >>> extends the TCL version so really there are just 7 tests not tested by
> >>> either Python or Cxx.
> >>>
> >>> Is it time to disable the duplicate 436 TCL tests?
> >>> The advantage here is that it may speed up the testing times and these
> >>> 436 tests are redundant anyway.
> >>>
> >>> Note: I am NOT advocating removing the tests as there may be people
> still
> >>> using TCL and these may be a useful reference for them.
> >>>
> >>> I wrote a python script to do this investigation. If people think it is
> >>> useful, I will clean it up and put it into VTK. The code currently only
> >>> looks at Testing/Cxx, Testing/Python, Testing/Tcl in the VTK tree, so
> >>> folders below these are not looked at.
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>>    Andrew
> >>>
> >>> --
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> >>>
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> >>
> >>
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