Re: [boost] Re: thoughts on a GUI component library

From: Michael Walter (michael.walter_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-17 08:30:22

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:06 +0000 (GMT), Dave Harris
<brangdon_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> [...] So conceptually we
> need two rectangle types. I suggest "rectangle" is reserved for the
> general case, and the aligned one is called "box". As in "bounding box".
> It has the benefit of being short.
Not sure. In computer graphics you specifically talk about
"axis-aligned bounding boxes". To me, "box" is the 3d version of
"rectangle".

Cheers,
Michael