With the major revision 2.0 of VTK-m, many items previously marked as
deprecated were removed. If updating to a new version of VTK-m, it is
recommended to first update to VTK-m 1.9, which will include the deprecated
features but provide warnings (with the right compiler) that will point to
the replacement code. Once the deprecations have been fixed, updating to
2.0 should be smoother.
This mechanism sets up CMake variables that allow a user to select which
modules/libraries to create. Dependencies will be tracked down to ensure
that all of a module's dependencies are also enabled.
The modules are also arranged into groups.
Groups allow you to set the enable flag for a group of modules at once.
Thus, if you have several modules that are likely to be used together,
you can create a group for them.
This can be handy in converting user-friendly CMake options (such as
`VTKm_ENABLE_RENDERING`) to the modules that enable that by pointing to
the appropriate group.
Updated the image writer classes to better follow VTK-m naming
convention (i.e. use `ImageWriterPNG` instead of `PNGWriter`). The
structure of the image writer class now also better matches the
interface for the VTK writer.
Also put the implementation of the image writers into the `vtkm_io`
library so that it only has to be compiled once.
Updated the image reader classes to better follow VTK-m naming
convention (i.e. use `ImageReaderPNG` instead of `PNGReader`).
The structure of the image reader class now also better matches
the interface for the VTK reader.
Also put the implementation of the image readers into the `vtkm_io`
library so that it only has to be compiled once.
Because the IO classes use ArrayHandle, they have to be compiled with
device compilers (even though they do not directly produce any device
code). This is a dumb requirement, but it is a requirement nonetheless.
Most of this code is not templated methods. Rather, it implements over
several types to call templated functions, which creates quite a bit of
code. Rather than have all code using a reader recompile the code, just
compile it once and put it in a library.
Sandia National Laboratories recently changed management from the
Sandia Corporation to the National Technology & Engineering Solutions
of Sandia, LLC (NTESS). The copyright statements need to be updated
accordingly.
