[vtkusers] Error in an online VTK-example (SOLVED)

[David Doria]

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 10:59 AM, David Doria <daviddoria+vtk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes.
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:04 PM, David Doria <daviddoria+vtk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Benjamin Frigan
>>> <frigan at itap.physik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>>>> Ok, it worked. Thanks a lot!
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:55:49AM -0500, Bill Lorensen wrote:
>>>>> Ben,
>>>>>
>>>>> Let's keep the discussion on the list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> > Ahhh... limits was added after the 5.4 release. Try
>>>>> >
>>>>> > #include <limits>
>>>>> > instead of
>>>>> > #include <vtkstd/limits>
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Benjamin Frigan
>>>>> > <frigan at itap.physik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>>>>> >> It doesn't look like that. This is what I have
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> algorithm  exception   iterator  map     new      queue  stack      string   vector
>>>>> >> deque      functional  list      memory  numeric  set    stdexcept  utility
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Best,
>>>>> >> Ben
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:39:43AM -0500, Bill Lorensen wrote:
>>>>> >>> You should have vtkstd/limits. It should be in the VTK binary
>>>>> >>> tree/vtkstd/limiits
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Can you do an "ls" on the VTK binary tree/vtkstd/ and report the results?
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Bill
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Benjamin Frigan
>>>>> >>> <frigan at itap.physik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>>>>> >>> > For all,
>>>>> >>> > I'm using opensuse 11.1, gcc, VTK5.4.2 (built from source) and I used the CMakeLists.txt that was on the page.
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:31:32AM -0500, Bill Lorensen wrote:
>>>>> >>> >> Also, did you build VTK from the source? or is this an installed VTK?
>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>> >>> >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >>> >> > What version of VTK are you using?
>>>>> >>> >> >
>>>>> >>> >> > Did you use the CMakeLists.txt file on that same page? or your own?
>>>>> >>> >> >
>>>>> >>> >> > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Benjamin Frigan
>>>>> >>> >> > <frigan at itap.physik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>>>>> >>> >> >> Hi,
>>>>> >>> >> >> I was looking at the following example "Color a mesh by height" on
>>>>> >>> >> >> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_Examples_Color_a_mesh_by_height
>>>>> >>> >> >> With 'cmake' I don't get any errors. But after that with 'make' I get:
>>>>> >>> >> >>
>>>>> >>> >> >> [100%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/ColoredElevationMap.dir/ColoredElevationMap.cxx.o
>>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx:10:25: error: vtkstd/limits: No such
>>>>> >>> >> >> file or directory
>>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx: In function ‘int main(int, char**)’:
>>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx:38: error: ‘numeric_limits’ is not a
>>>>> >>> >> >> member of ‘std’
>>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx:38: error: expected primary-expression
>>>>> >>> >> >> before ‘double’
>>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx:38: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘;’ before
>>>>> >>> >> >> ‘double’
>>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx:39: error: ‘numeric_limits’ is not a
>>>>> >>> >> >> member of ‘std’
>>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx:39: error: expected primary-expression
>>>>> >>> >> >> before ‘double’
>>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx:39: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘;’ before
>>>>> >>> >> >> ‘double’
>>>>> >>> >> >> make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/ColoredElevationMap.dir/ColoredElevationMap.cxx.o] Error 1
>>>>> >>> >> >> make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/ColoredElevationMap.dir/all] Error 2
>>>>> >>> >> >> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>>>> >>> >> >>
>>>>> >>> >> >>
>>>>> >>> >> >> Can anyone help me with that?
>>>>> >>> >> >>
>>>>> >>> >> >> Best,
>>>>> >>> >> >> Ben
>>>>> >>> >> >>
>>>>> >>> >> >>
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>>>>> >>> >
>>>
>>> Can vtkstd/limits be changed to check the version and simply try to
>>> #include <limits> if it is < 5.4?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> David
>>> _______________________________________________
>
>
> I looked into adding something like:
>
> stringstream ss;
> ss << vtkVersion::GetVTKSourceVersion();
> double version;
> ss >> version;
>
> if(version < 5.4)
> {
>  // do something different
> }
>
> However, I found that the 'limits' file is actually in my bin directory:
> ..../bin/VTK/vtkstd/limits
>
> How does this file end up in the bin directory? Where would I make a
> change like this in the source directory so that the change gets
> copied into the bin directory (I'm guessing at build time?)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>

I guess this doesn't really make sense... if we have to change
something because limits doesn't exist in a < 5.4 install, the change
won't exist either, as it is only in cvs head...

Right?

David