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[Peter Hachenberger <>]

> -------------------------------------------------------------
> For a given Nef_polyhedron_3 N,
> with interior(N), one gets the volume(s) that N originally has, without 
>       any boundary item
> with boundary(N), one gets the complete boundary of N, no matter wheather 
>       they are originally included in N, without any volume.
> with enclosure(N), one gets the volume(s) that N originally has, with the 
>       complete boundary of it
> -------------------------------------------------------------

Sounds good!

> >As you can see, there are a few lines, which remained unchanged. I
> >tested the code and also had problems. 
> 
> It's still not clear for me. You mean the 'problem' is just the 
> 'correct' result or it will be solved/refined later?
>
> > It works nicely for the standard
> >kernels, but using an extended kernel, the special handling of the
> >infimaximal box causes problems. I guess you need the topological
> >operations combined with the extended kernel, don't you? 
> 
> What I really need is just the capability of input of data
> with double data type and perform some bool operation. Runnability
> and performance is more important than exactness in my current 
> application.
> 

Problems means here, that I also got wrongly thrown assertions. I
identified the problem and am about to remove it. But it seems you don't
really need the bug fix since you don't need an extended kernel. The bug
only exists in combination with the extended kernel.

Peter