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[Julien JPK <>]

Hello,

I'm having a hard time figuring out how to do a seemingly simple thing
in CGAL: I would like to associate POD content to some kernel
structures, namely points and segments. I don't really mind if this
involves actually extending the structures or having a map of some sort,
but I would like to connect my points and segments to some additional
data such that it is quickly retrievable from its kernel object.

I gave a shot at the obvious "just extend it" approach on K::Point_2 for
a Cartesian kernel, to no avail: when I attempt to compile a call to
convex_hull_2 using iterators to my derived type, an assignment operator
from K::Point_2 is requested, which suggests inheritance isn't the right
tool here...

After some digging, I came across extensible kernels [1] but I cannot
shake the feeling that there must be a much simpler way when the kernel
extension is all about POD structures being added and no functionality
being altered or concept broken... In Boost.Geometry for example, this
is easily achieved using BOOST_GEOMETRY_REGISTER_POINT_2D, although in
this case the dependency with the original kernel structures is not
really present [2].

Could someone put me on the right track for this?

Thank you in advance,
Regards,
J.

[1]: https://doc.cgal.org/latest/Kernel_23/index.html
[2]:
https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_61_0/libs/geometry/doc/html/geometry/reference/adapted/register/boost_geometry_register_point_2d.html

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