[gdal-dev] OGRPoint: fundamentals

[Ari Jolma]

29.01.2016, 09:55, Ari Jolma kirjoitti:
> A question about OGRPoint.
>
> There are copy constructor, assignment, and clone. Shouldn't these do 
> basically the same thing but with a bit different syntax? By the same 
> thing I mean that the new point or assignee should have the same flags 
> (is_empty, is_3D, is_measured), same coordinate values, and same 
> spatial reference?
>
> Also, by the current implementation there is a difference between an 
> empty 2D point and empty 3D point. I wonder if this distinction is 
> really relied upon someplace?

A comment on this. For example WKT "POINT Z EMPTY" is legal and 
documented, so the distinction is significant.

>
> Ari
>