Geometry Boost List: [ggl] geometry::perimeter

Subject: [ggl] geometry::perimeter
From: barend
Date: 2011-03-23 08:21:02

Hi Adam, 

> I noticed that geometry::perimeter returns 0 for 2d
boxes. Moreover it's 
> not implemented for higher dimensions.
> 
> This
kind of function calculating hypersurface of a geometry could be 
>
usefull. I'll implement my own for now (for boxes).

Good catch, will do
that (for 2d) or, if your version is generic you can send a patch.

> I
noticed that some names in boost::geometry refer to 2d objects and 
>
some to 3d. E.g. there is a box(3d)

We consider box as convenient for
both 2 and 3 dimensins.

 
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