I don't know why the 3.4.0 release is compiled with 64 bit ids on. The 3.6.1
release requires it off to build the VisItReaderPlugin. There might also be
other reasons.

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:25 AM, Takuya OSHIMA
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Trying to create a plugin that can be loaded into the precompiled
> official ParaView 3.6.1 binaries from Kitware, I noticed that the
> Linux 64bit package (paraview-3.6.1-Linux64-x86.tar.gz) was compiled
> with the actual type of vtkIdType set to int. For example,
>
> $ nm libvtkCommon.so.pv3.6 | c++filt | grep vtkDataArray::GetComponent
> 00000000000f5400 T vtkDataArray::GetComponent(int, int)
>
> where the first int argument is of type vtkIdType at the source code
> level. Indeed, my plugin won't load unless it was compiled and linked
> with a ParaView build with VTK_USE_64BIT_IDS=OFF.
>
> On the other hand, when I do the same for the official Linux 64bit
> ParaView 3.4.0, I get the following.
>
> $ nm libvtkCommon.so.pv3.4 | c++filt | grep vtkDataArray::GetComponent
> 00000000000f8d50 T vtkDataArray::GetComponent(long long, int)
>
> Just out of curiosity, is this intended?
>
> Takuya OSHIMA, Ph.D.
> Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University
> 8050 Ikarashi-Ninocho, Nishi-ku, Niigata, 950-2181, JAPAN
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