[vtkusers] [vtk-developers] TCL Wrapping driving me insane -- SYNTAX ERROR -- can you be more specific?

[kent williams]

Thanks for the extremely prompt reply.  I haven't looked exhaustively
for it, but I've yet to find any documentation on VTK wrapping.  Is
there some, that I've just missed finding?

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Brad King <brad.king at kitware.com> wrote:
> kent williams wrote:
>  > So how do you debug problems where the VTK wrapping generator gives
>  > you the dread SYNTAX ERROR found message?
>  >
>  > I know the more common issues -- VTK wrapping is confused by
>  > templates, typedefs etc etc.  But the following header says 'SYNTAX
>  > ERROR ... before line 9 ***' and I can't for the life of me figure out
>  > what the problem is.
>  >
>  > There are no syntax errors as far as the C++ compiler is oncerned, I
>  > can compile the C++ file for this this class so the header is fine by
>  > GCC.
>  >
>  > I realize that writing proper error handling for a Yacc parser is a
>  > pain in the butt, but I sure wish the VTK wrapping parser could be a
>  > teensy bit more specific.
>  >
>  > Here's the header file that won't work:
>  > #if !defined(BTPropertyDialog_h)
>  > #define BTPropertyDialog_h
>  > #include <vtkKWDialog.h>
>  >
>  > class vtkProperty;
>  > class vtkKWSurfacePropertyWidget;
>  > class vtkObject;
>  >
>  > class BTPropertyDialog : public vtkKWDialog
>
>  All wrapped class names must begin in "vtk".
>
>  -Brad
>
>
>