Re: Quick test for interval containing interval

[David Kastrup]

Keith OHara <address@hidden> writes:

> mike <at> apollinemike.com <mike <at> apollinemike.com> writes:
>
>> Before I reinvent the wheel, does the code base have something like 
>> Interval::contains that accepts an interval as an argument instead of a 
>> point?
>> 
>
> Well, there is Interval::superset() if you like
> object-oriented-obfuscation,

You could check whether the interval intersection is identical with the
interval supposed to be inner.  The possibilities for clever
incomprehensible code are endless.

> but it would be much more clear to simply
>  (a.at (LEFT) <= b.at (LEFT) && a.at (RIGHT) >= b.at (RIGHT))

Yes.

-- 
David Kastrup