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[Manuel Caroli <>]

Hi Bernhard,

yes it's like that.

Manuel


Bernhard Kornberger wrote:
> I'd like to get sure that my interpretation of this kernel
> is correct:
>
> typedef Filtered_kernel< Simple_cartesian<double> >
>         Exact_predicates_inexact_constructions_kernel;
>
> Can you confirm that:
>
> a) Using this kernel, constructions are done only with
> double precision floating point arithmetic
> b) Therefore, even exact predicates will possibly fail,
> when they use constructed objects like, e.g., in the code
> below:
>
> Line l1;
> Line l2;
> Point p=intersection(l1,l2);
> assert(l1.has_on(p));
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Best
> Bernhard