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On 23/11/2012 8:59 PM, Olivier Paquet wrote:
>> It's a hack that suited them fine. It's unlikely it'll ever suit you
>> or anyone else. TIFFCheckpointDirectory is to LibTiff, like Stonehenge
>
> Hey, we use that function for the same purpose and it still works
> great in libtiff 4 :) But I agree pretty much everyone else should
> never call it.

For record, we also use this feature [1] and find it immensely helpful 
for our users.

-Edward

1. Although we haven't upgraded to libtiff 4 yet.

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