[vtkusers] vtkEventQtSlotConnect not wrapped in python 2.7 + VTK6.3

[Elvis Stansvik]

2016-05-23 22:41 GMT+02:00 David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com>:

> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Elvis Stansvik <
> elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Anyone know the rationale for why these modules were marked as
>> EXCLUDE_FROM_WRAPPING ?
>>
>
> I'm not sure, but I can make an educated guess.  In VTK 5, the VTK Qt
> classes were wrapped using a sophisticated mechanism that combined the
> python wrappers and SIP.  However, few people used it, and it was never
> part of the dashboard testing.  So it seems that it was lost in the shuffle
> when VTK transitioned to VTK 6, which is too bad, because there was a lot
> of good stuff there.  In fact a lot of the pieces are still around, laying
> dormant in the code.
>

I see, things like this happens during refactorings, so it's understandable
I guess. But yes, I agree it's unfortunate if functionality was
lost/bitrotted, since the current QVTKRenderWindowInteractor leaves a lot
to be desired compared to GUISupport (see my other thread).

Thanks for the update!

Elvis


>
>  - David
>
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