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List:       vtk-developers
Subject:    Re: [vtk-developers] VTK with STLport
From:       Clinton Stimpson <clinton () elemtech ! com>
Date:       2004-12-02 16:34:35
Message-ID: 41AF441B.3070203 () elemtech ! com
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And we've used STL extensively as well...  I've seen compiler bugs, STL 
implementation bugs, etc.. on various platforms when using STL.  We've 
worked around them all except for one project.  For that one proeject, 
we used STLport because of implementation bugs on VS 6.0 for which code 
wouldn't compile and there was no workaround.  It was a hassle to use 
STLport for that project, and in this case it forced the customers to 
use STLport.  That project has been moved to VS .Net and now there are 
no problems with STL's implementation for that library.

I stopped using STLport locally for some of the projects I was building, 
but stopped using it when one of the recent releases configured in a 
certain way didn't work with gcc.

I'd rather not have STLport be required in any application I build or in 
VTK.

Clint

Lorensen, William E (Research) wrote:

>Speaking for itk, which uses stl extensively, we have no problems with stl
>on any of the itk systems. We build on many of the same platforms that vtk
>uses.
>
>Bill
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Martin [mailto:ken.martin@kitware.com]
>Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 9:08 AM
>To: 'Moreland, Kenneth'; vtk-developers@vtk.org
>Subject: RE: [vtk-developers] VTK with STLport
>
>
>I looked into STLPort about 2 or 3 years ago.  I recall that back then the
>installation procedure for STL port on Windows was a mess. You had to hack
>up your Visual Studio Installation to get it working. The other issue to
>consider is how well will STLPort intermix with other versions of STL.  Just
>because VTK uses STLPort doesn't mean that the rest of someone's application
>is using STLPort. So for many people there would be two copies of STL class
>definitions which sounds like trouble. I have nothing against STLPort I'm
>just playing devil's advocate.
>
>Ken
>
>
>
>  
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: vtk-developers-bounces@vtk.org [mailto:vtk-developers-
>>bounces@vtk.org] On Behalf Of Moreland, Kenneth
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 4:23 PM
>>To: vtk-developers@vtk.org
>>Subject: [vtk-developers] VTK with STLport
>>
>>Has anyone considered distributing STLport (http://www.stlport.org) with
>>VTK for its use of STL templates?  Besides being a common code base that
>>works on many platforms, I understand that the STLport implementation is
>>faster than many native implementations and supports classes that are
>>not uniformly supported by all native implementations yet (such as hash
>>tables).  STLport's license also appears to be compatible with
>>distribution within VTK.
>>
>>Any thoughts?
>>
>>-Ken
>>
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