[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #5580: When encounting an empty geometry, potential bug in the ST_3DIntersects function

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#5580: When encounting an empty geometry, potential bug in the ST_3DIntersects
function
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  Reporter:  Wenjing  |      Owner:  pramsey
      Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
  Priority:  high     |  Milestone:  PostGIS 3.4.1
 Component:  postgis  |    Version:  3.4.x
Resolution:           |   Keywords:
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Changes (by Wenjing):

 * priority:  medium => high


Old description:

> Consider this query:
>
> {{{
> SELECT
> ST_3DIntersects(a1, a2)
> FROM ST_GeomFromText('GEOMETRYCOLLECTION Z (POINT Z EMPTY, POINT Z (0 0
> 0))') As a1
> , ST_GeomFromText('POINT Z (0 0 0)') As a2;
> --excepted{t}; actual{f}
> }}}
> POINT Z (0 0 0) is the two geometries' intersection. So the excepted
> result of 3DIntersects is true.
>
> But the 3DIntersects function doesn't consider they intersect only when
> inserting an empty geometry before this point.
>
> Moreover, using the 2D Intersects function in this situation, we can get
> the expected result that they intersect.

New description:

 Consider this query:

 {{{
 SELECT
 ST_Intersects(a1, a2)
 FROM ST_GeomFromText('GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(POINT EMPTY, POINT (0 0))') As a1
 , ST_GeomFromText('POINT (0 0)') As a2;
 --excepted{t}
 }}}
 When using the 2D Intersects function in this situation, the expected
 result is true and PostGIS returns true.

 But consider its 3D version:
 {{{
 SELECT
 ST_3DIntersects(a1, a2)
 FROM ST_GeomFromText('GEOMETRYCOLLECTION Z (POINT Z EMPTY, POINT Z (0 0
 0))') As a1
 , ST_GeomFromText('POINT Z (0 0 0)') As a2;
 --excepted{t}; actual{f}
 }}}
 POINT Z (0 0 0) is the two geometries' intersection. So the excepted
 result of 3DIntersects is true.

 But the 3DIntersects function doesn't consider they intersect only when
 inserting an empty geometry before this point.

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