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Why opencv2 has two kinds of programming styles?

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asked 2012-01-11 01:14:44 -0500

sam
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For example

  cv::imshow(WINDOW, cv_ptr->image);

and

  cvShowImage( "Image", pImg );

How to know which style should I use?

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answered 2012-01-11 02:02:33 -0500

DimitriProsser

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updated 2012-01-11 02:53:27 -0500

The first is OpenCV in C++, the second is OpenCV in the basic C functions. The first example is calling the C++ version of OpenCv with namespaces and all of the functions included in the namespace. The second style is simply the OpenCV function in C. The C++ is just a wrapper for the C code, so you're essentially calling the same functions either way. Which you use is really up to you. I like the C functions better, mostly for the sake of simplicity and documentation.