On 18 Aug 2003 11:43:26 +0200, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote
> Guillaume Melquiond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> | In the case of a 1-dimension space, connected and convex set are
> | equals: they are segments (or half-line or line or empty). Date
> | manipulated by the date-time library are in a 1-dimension space
> (the | real line) and periods are segments (non-empty bounded convex
> | sets). So when you have two periods, the smallest period enclosing
> | these two is also the convex hull of them. Hence the name I suggested.
>
> that is fine for some mathematically oriented mind. However, it is a
> terrible name.
Here is how I explain it:
Combines two periods and any gap between them such that
start = min(p1.start, p2.start)
end = max(p1.end , p2.end)
Or graphically:
[---p1---)
[---p2---)
result:
[-----------p3----------)
Jeff
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