[geos-devel] Exposing Precision model through C-API

[Sandro Santilli]

On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 05:23:43PM +0530, Varun Saraf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We either create the PrecisionModel and the GeometryFactory in the
> GEOSContext_setPrecisionModel or pass a pointer to the
> new PrecisionModel to this method. But the signature of initGEOS/initGEOS_r
> cannot be changed so how to pass it to the initGEOS. Please clarify.

Please make proposals.
My proposal was in the mail you quoted, did you understand it ?

--strk;

> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Sandro Santilli <strk at keybit.net> wrote:
> >
> > I agree about making the precision model part of the context.
> > But we can't change the initGEOS signature, so we'll need
> > some GEOSContext_setPrecisionModel kind of method.
> > At that point, we have to decide what happens with a previously
> > set PrecisionModel, if it has to be allowed at all.
> >
> > Deleting the PrecisionModel and the GeometryFactory on finishGEOS
> > is fine, but note that this would make any created geometry also
> > broken (they hold a reference to the GeometryFactory that created
> > them). Not a big deal, as long as it's clearely documented. Dunno
> > if it would make sense for the opaque GEOSGeometry type to also
> > hold a pointer to the context, just in case...