Geometry Boost List: [ggl] box/box clipping

Subject: [ggl] box/box clipping
From: Arash Partow (arash)
Date: 2010-12-29 03:58:57

On 28/12/2010 11:00 PM, barend wrote:
> If this all is possible, with or without is_range (it probably is), the
> function would look like
> bool intersection(Box const&  b1, Box const&  b2, Box&  clipped), so the
> function you proposed but with the old name...
>

What if one only wants to know if the boxes intersect? that check if done for AABB's is _far cheaper_ than actually constructing the intersection box itself(and far more common). In that scenario what would the function look like?