Okay, found how you can see that they're the same object "under the covers":
pdi = self.GetInputDataObject(0,0) print pdi print inputs[0].VTKObject -Eric On Aug 23, 2010, at 9:46 AM, Eric E. Monson wrote: > Hey Aurélien, > > (Someone with more detailed knowledge can correct me if I'm wrong...) pdi and > inputs[0] refer to the same input to the programmable filter, but pdi is the > VTK object and inputs[0] is a more Python-friendly wrapper for the VTK object > which makes access to the object properties more pythonic, and allows easy > creation of numpy arrays behind the scenes for shorter code. Maybe there is a > way to prove that they refer to the same object, but I don't know offhand how > to do that. :) > > I end up using both methods for object access depending on what I'm doing. If > I'm doing more "pure VTK" manipulations then I use pdi, but if I'm doing > calculations (and sometimes assignments) with the attribute and point arrays, > then I like using the new API with numpy. > > Talk to you later, > -Eric > > > On Aug 23, 2010, at 3:38 AM, Aurélien Marsan wrote: > >> Hello Eric, >> >> In the solution you propose, what is the inputs[0] for ? >> Is there a connection between the line : >> pdi = self.GetInputDataObject(0,0) >> and inputs[0] ? >> >> Or does inputs[0] picks on something else ? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Aurélien > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
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