Re: Bounding Rectangle [and data type Rect]
Re: Bounding Rectangle [and data type Rect]
- Subject: Re: Bounding Rectangle [and data type Rect]
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 08:49:49 +1000
On 30/7/02 12:56 AM +1000, Paul Berkowitz, email@hidden, wrote:
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Just out of interest (and, assuming that it does not result
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from an Australian perspective nor standing on your head), do the two apps
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who define bounds as {y1, x1, y2, x2} say anything about this being a
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'bounding rectangle', or do they have another way of referring to their
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idiosyncratic version? That is, I appreciate that bounds might be defined in
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a number of different ways, but is 'bounding rectangle' always {x1, y1, x2,
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y2}?
No -- both use their own terms for it, and on in fact uses a separate class.
But to me, "bounding rectangle" seems more an English term rather than a
programmatic one -- the dictionary could say "bounds list", but by saying
"bounds bounding rectangle" it's telling you a bit more. The order is
probably more an issue of trigonomic convention.
--
Shane Stanley, email@hidden
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