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In the original tf implementation you are correct; even transforms that don't change over time need to be constantly re-broadcast. This does indeed waste bandwidth and can lead to unnecessary exceptions being thrown. This was just a design oversight that was addressed with the release of tf2. tf2 introduces the tf_static topic to fix exactly the issue you are describing. Many of the tutorials on the wiki are still using the tf API and functionality.
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In the original tf implementation you are correct; even transforms that don't change over time need to be constantly re-broadcast. This does indeed waste bandwidth and can lead to unnecessary exceptions being thrown. This was just a design oversight that was addressed with the release of tf2. tf2 introduces the tf_static topic to fix exactly the issue you are describing. Many of the tutorials on the wiki are still using the tf API and functionality.functionality, and should likely be updated (remember, it is a wiki that supports community editing).
Further reading
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In the original tf implementation you are correct; even transforms that don't change over time need to be constantly re-broadcast. This does indeed waste bandwidth and can lead to unnecessary exceptions being thrown. This was just a design oversight that was addressed with the release of tf2. tf2 introduces the tf_static topic to fix exactly the issue you are describing. Many of the tutorials on the wiki are still using the tf API and functionality, and should likely be updated (remember, it is a wiki that supports community editing).
Further reading
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