| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Barry Stinson <bas(at)loganfoundation(dot)org> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: BOX question.. |
| Date: | 2001-03-10 21:13:33 |
| Message-ID: | 5303.984258813@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Barry Stinson <bas(at)loganfoundation(dot)org> writes:
> The documentation states that the BOX data-type stores
> the information as (1st) lower-left corner and (2nd)
> upper-right corner.
> Wouldn't that be the opposite? Lower right, then upper
> left? Is this just a bug in the documentation?
The code clearly stores the 'high' corner first, then the 'low' corner.
If we weren't just about to make a release, I'd be tempted to change
the code to match the documentation, since low-first would seem like
the obvious representation. But I suppose we'd better do the
conservative thing and change the docs ...
regards, tom lane
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