[postgis-devel] Call for 1.4.2 and 1.5.1 (Handling of Invalid Geometries)

[Martin Davis]

strk wrote:
> Now what we could do is allow them to flow out but not allowing them
> to get in. But this would prevent us to prepare automated testcases
> for the case the geometries are in.
>
>   
This is a common situation when writing unit tests for validation code - 
how do you create invalid states for the validation code to check?  I 
think the usual approach is to develop some "backdoor" functions to 
create the states for testing purposes only.

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