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[Marc Glisse <>]

On Sun, 4 Aug 2013, Panagiotis Foteinos wrote:

> Although in 2D and 3D the predicates offered by CGAL are filtered (i.e.,
> faster than their non-filtered counterpart), in nD these predicates are
> not. I am referring to the orientation predicates with respect to an nD
> sphere mostly.
>
> Is CGAL community planning to offer filtered nD predicates? It will really
> expedite mesh refinement algorithms for 4 dimensions.
>
> Or such a package already exists, but I am unaware of?

There are plans (and a prototype, etc), but obviously I can't say when (or 
even if) it will be released.

In the meantime, redefining a few predicates using 
CGAL::Filtered_predicate is not very hard to do by hand.

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Marc Glisse