Re: [Openexr-devel] Hither and Yon in Imath::Frustum

[Florian Kainz]

This change would affect all existing software that
uses Imath::Frustum, including ILM's internal code...

Dan Wexler wrote:
> Greetings from a new mailing list subscriber, but long time library user,
>  
> The ImathFrustum.h header does a #undef on the "near" and "far" 
> abominations in the windows.h headers.  The implication is that you must 
> include ImathFrustum.h after including any Windows DX headers.  Yes, 
> Windows sucks, but the current #undef solution is not great either.
>  
> Why not use hither/yon instead of near/far in ImathFrustum.h and in the 
> associated code files?
>  
> Not only does this fix the problem elegantly, but it makes searching the 
> code easier, since hither/yon are more unique than near/far.  I'd be 
> willing to make and test out this change if folks agree that it is 
> worthwhile.
>  
>  
> Dan Wexler
>  
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