[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #2420: ST_LineToCurve turns squares into circles

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#2420: ST_LineToCurve turns squares into circles
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 Reporter:  strk     |       Owner:  strk         
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  assigned     
 Priority:  medium   |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.4
Component:  postgis  |     Version:  1.5.X        
 Keywords:           |  
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Comment(by strk):

 The same happens with triangles, for the same reason. The below image
 shows the input to ST_LineToCurve in green and the output (segmentized
 again for display purposes) in brown.

 Note that the triangle input was itself coming from the segmentation of a
 circularstring.

 [[Image(triangle-to-circle.png)]]

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