[vtk-developers] Add GetModifiedTime deprecate GetMTime

[David Cole]

Except.... I think fixing the overflow bug on Windows is more
important than full source compatibility. A default build (no need to
set anything in CMake) of the new version of VTK on Windows with this
capability should result in 64-bit MTime values and avoid the overflow
condition.

I prefer correctness to full/100% backwards compatibility.




On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Sean McBride <sean at rogue-research.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Aug 2016 10:32:23 -0400, David Cole via vtk-developers said:
>
>>A nice-to-the-user-who-needs-that capability would be to typedef a
>>type for the return value of GetMTime, and then allow for user
>>definition of that type. Default to uint64_t, but allow for user
>>definition.
>
> Was just going to suggest that.  It could be typedefed to exactly what it is today, giving full source compatibility; and then if you build with VTK_LEGACY_REMOVE (or similar) it could be typedefed to the new 64 bit type.
>
> Cheers,
>
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