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[Nizar Khalifa Sallem <>]

Laurent Rineau wrote:
> On Wednesday 29 October 2008 11:42:35 Nizar Khalifa Sallem wrote:
>   
> > Another question from a CGAL beginner.
> > As I understood cells_iterator can be converted to cell_handler.
> > And a Facet is a pair<cell_handler, int> but does it provide constructor?
> >     
>
> The documentation says:
>   typedef std::pair<Cell_handle, int> Facet;
>
> Then, it means that you have to look at the documentation of std::pair, to get 
> your answers.
>
> The constructor Facet(Cell_handle, int) is the constructor 
> std::pair<T1,T2>(T1,T2).
>
> You can also use std::make_pair.
>
>   
> > or is there an accessor like this Facet f = cell->facet(i) ?
> >     
>
> No. You need to write:
>   Facet f = Facet(cell, i);
> or:
>   Facet f(cell,i);
> (the latter construction triggers a bug in Microsoft VC++ compiler).
>
>   
Thank you guys, now I  can go further :)