[postgis-devel] Status of #413: ST_OffsetCurve

[George Silva]

I would say that ST_OffsetCurve(geom,right/left) is the way to go.

Two functions would be more difficult to handle. Higher maintenance, bigger
codebase/etc.

Or they are just wrappers? even so, it's two instead of one.

George

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 7:26 PM, strk <strk at keybit.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 02:14:42PM +0200, Stephan Holl wrote:
> > Dear PostGIS-devs,
> >
> > I am reading the issue #413 very closely because this function is a
> > needed feature for my current application.
> >
> > Is there any chance to get more information about a potential include
> > into SVN and an integration in new upcoming versions?
>
> It looks like the ticket hung on naming issue:
> do people prefer ST_OffsetCurveRight/ST_OffsetCurveLeft
> or ST_OffsetCurve(geom, ['right'|'left']) ?
>
> The patch implements the latter.
>
> This is important, as the testcase and documentation will need to
> be produced using the agreed-on syntax...
>
> On a side-note, the C-level functions should likely have an ST_
> prefix too, and be CamelCased as documented..
>
> --strk;
>
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