[vtkusers] Bug / Infinite Loop in vtkBandedPolyDataContourFilter

[Mathieu Malaterre]

> Is there a document explaining roughly how to go about converting code
> that worked with VTK 4.4 to work with VTK 5.0? Or should it be a
> fairly smooth transition? I am worried that it would take a lot of
> changes to my code just to figure out if that particular module now
> works properly.

The biggest API change was from 4.2 to 4.4. The big change in VTK CVS 
from CVS is basically the pipeline change. So unless you derive your own 
class from a VTK filter you should be all set.

> I just had a look at the class, and there doesn't seem to be many
> changes in that particular file... could still have been fixed,
> however, maybe I just didn't notice the change.

What you want to do is go to:
http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkBandedPolyDataContourFilter.html

Then click on the cxx file (scroll down on the page):
http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/Graphics/vtkBandedPolyDataContourFilter.cxx?root=VTK

And then compare the lastest revision against the one in VTK 4.4 (CVS 
Tag: release-4-4):
http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/Graphics/vtkBandedPolyDataContourFilter.cxx?r1=1.54&r2=1.36



> Thanks for the help,
> 
> Charles Boivin
> 
> On 8/23/05, Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malaterre at kitware.com> wrote:
> 
>>>Is this something that has been documented before and could have been
>>>fixed in the CVS version? If not, is there anything else I can provide
>>>to help the VTK gurus track down this bug better?
>>
>>Since VTK 5.0 is almost ready I would suggest you give a try to VTK from
>>CVS it should not be really different from the next release.
>>
>>Let me know if this solve your issue
>>Mathieu
>>
> 
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