[geos-devel] getCoordinateDimension() - ticket 311

[Martin Davis]

I have to disagree.  Mathematically speaking the topological dimension 
is a counting number (e.g. in the set {0,1,2,...}.  I don't see any 
reason why this shouldn't be represented as an integer value (and plenty 
of reasons why it should - e.g. ordering, comparison, etc)

strk wrote:
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 01:56:25PM -0700, Martin Davis wrote:
>
>   
>> Maybe strk is right, and this should be changed to an enum. Perhaps the 
>> enum could be defined as
>>
>> XY = 2
>> XYZ = 3
>> XYZM = 4
>> XYM = 5 ?
>>     
>
> My enum suggestion was for the spatial dimension, not coordinate dimension.
> PUNTUAL/LINEAL/AREAL kind of enum.
>
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