[postgis-devel] BOXes, again
Sandro Santilli
strk at keybit.net
Sat Oct 4 08:33:03 PDT 2014
On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 04:58:38PM -0400, Paragon Corporation wrote:
> Strk,
>
> We aren't dropping BOX2D anytime soon so that I don't think is a good reason
> to change the type. I think too many people use it for us to even entertain
> that idea until 3.0 which probably won't be for another 5-10 years.
Ok, good. I kept the signature the way it is, fixing the bug.
> So that leaves me with the only thing I don't like is the name of the
> function. Should just be ST_ClipByBox.
The algorithm only checks 2 dimensions, thus the name (is not the name of
the type, but the actual dimensions engaged in the process).
--strk;
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