Re: [boost] [Review] GGL review starts today, November 5th

Subject: Re: [boost] [Review] GGL review starts today, November 5th
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-13 05:44:57

Barend Gehrels wrote:

> It is clockwise because of our OGC convention, which has clockwise only.

I had forgotten about that. Shouldn't the fact you're following OGC 
conventions appear more clearly in the documentation though? I didn't 
notice it when browsing it quickly.

> So we began with clockwise and existing users use clockwise polygons. 
> It's inconvenient to remove or change the default in ggl::polygon. 
> However, the default can be removed from the Polygon Concept. polygon 
> and Polygon do not necessarily have to have the same defaults.

Having them be different would break the principle of least surprise, so 
I think it's best to keep it that way.