[PostGIS] #5911: ST_ClipByBox2D shows precision issues when clipping curved geometries

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Fri Jul 11 14:56:33 PDT 2025


#5911: ST_ClipByBox2D shows precision issues when clipping curved geometries
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  Reporter:  dmyzl    |      Owner:  pramsey
      Type:  defect   |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  medium   |  Milestone:  PostGIS 3.5.4
 Component:  postgis  |    Version:  3.5.x
Resolution:  wontfix  |   Keywords:  ST_ClipByBox2D
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Changes (by pramsey):

 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * status:  new => closed

Comment:

 This is almost certainly a side effect of our fallback behaviour for
 functions that do not natively support curves (like ST_ClipByBox2D), which
 is to stroke them to lines and then hand them on the linear processing. I
 think this falls into the won't-fix category for now.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5911#comment:1>
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