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From: Dave Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-01-05 23:58:03


> Well, we can change implementation of rectangle (although I would not like
> it - current version is pretty good except the above issue),

Of course, it's not neccessary to anyway.

> but this will
> not solve the problem with *point* class interface - when users of point
> class will implement something like rectangle class (e.g., triangle), they
> will run into the same problem of swapping coordinates of different point
> objects.

If you think hard about how triangle would be defined, I think you'll see
that the issue doesn't really apply to that case.


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