Re: [boost] [Review] ITL review starts today, February 18th

Subject: Re: [boost] [Review] ITL review starts today, February 18th
From: Joachim Faulhaber (afojgo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-28 06:31:08

2010/2/28 Barend Gehrels <barend_at_[hidden]>

>
>> (1) My glass contains beer.
>> (2) Your glass disjoint from mine.
>> =)
>>
>>
>
> :-) I see now.
> I'm so used to it that I forgot that these things are indeed illogical
> named.
>
> I would not say illogical, is_disjoint(x) is just a little closer to the
usage in natural language.

> However, for me, they are the standard...
> E.g.
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb933960.aspx
>
> http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-1.5/reference.html#Spatial_Relationships_Measurements
>
> I understand that if a standard is not so applicable to you (geometry vs
> interval) and not so logical in some cases, you will not be so glad to
> follow it...
>
> ... in order to be compliant with a well established standard, I have no
problems to scarify some little is_ prefixes ;)

Regards, Joachim