[vtkusers] downcasting in python wrappers in VTK 4.2.2

[Justin Binns]

That fixed it!  Ok, so, because I'd like to know, what's the magic that's 
happening here?  And is this something that could be done in some sort of 
platform-specific part of the vtk import?  Thanks!

Justin

On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Brad King wrote:

> Justin,
> 
> > Now, under Linux:
> [snip]
> > Notice: the object type of the GetOutput() is a generic DataSet, and the
> > output from the GetPointData() is a completely useless vtkObject.
> 
> Try adding these lines at the top of your python script on UNIX platforms:
> 
> import sys
> import dl
> sys.setdlopenflags(dl.RTLD_NOW|dl.RTLD_GLOBAL)
> 
> Please let me know whether or not it helps.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Brad
> 
>