[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #4370: Remove ST_ForceRHR

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#4370: Remove ST_ForceRHR
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  Reporter:  dbaston      |      Owner:  pramsey
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  medium       |  Milestone:  PostGIS 3.0.0
 Component:  postgis      |    Version:  trunk
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
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Comment (by pramsey):

 Both mnemonics are pretty good, I learned them both, at different times. I
 learned the hand-in-the-polygon in a GIS context in BC though, and it is
 exactly from that context that we got the function signature. The FME, for
 example, came out of BC in the same era and has the same understanding of
 what "right hand rule" means
 https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_Transformers/Transformers/orientor.htm.

 I am with strk, we should keep the function, explain what we mean by
 "right hand rule" and use the clock to further be clear about what we
 mean, even though I'm also with Dan, and note that the computer graphics
 definition seems to have become the commonly accepted one, and the hand-
 in-the-water version is hard to find in the wild anymore.

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