## Summary of Changes
Add a partial specialization for `CGAL::internal::exact_num_faces(const
Surface_mesh&)` to have an `O(1)` time. This was pointed out as
important for the `Face_count_stop_predicate` in Issue #8158
## Release Management
* Affected package(s): Surface_mesh
* Issue(s) solved (if any): fix#5720
* License and copyright ownership: unchanged
## Summary of Changes
Important various fixes and improvements, from an experimental branch of
mine about CDT_3.
- <s>remove CMake warnings about `VTK_USE_FILE`</s> (our testsuite tests
with [VTK-8.2](https://docs.vtk.org/en/latest/release_details/8.2.html),
whereas
[VTK-9.0](https://docs.vtk.org/en/latest/release_details/9.0.html) was
released four years ago).
- make `Circulator_from_container` compatible with ranges (instead of
just containers)
- `Hash_map` is move-constructible and -assignable
- add preliminary support for C++20 concepts and `<format>`
- [x] add `Compare_angle_3(Point_3, Point_3, Point_3, Point_3, Point_3,
Point_3)` (with six points) **TODO: needs doc**... will be handled later
in issue #8219
- [x] **breaking changes:** add `Compare_xy_2` to
`TriangulationTraits_2` <s>TODO: needs announcement</s>
- fix `Compact_container` time stamp feature
- [x] commits from #7410 **That is probably a problem, to be fixed.**
**fixed in #7410 and then my the merge
70464ea107**
- add `CGAL::Scope_exit`, `CGAL::make_scope_exit`, for CGAL developers
(undocumented)
- add an overload of `make_sorted_pair` with only one pair-like argument
- improve `CGAL::IO::Output_ref` and `oformat`
- perf improvements in
`TDS_3/include/CGAL/Triangulation_data_structure_3.h` (`is_edge` is 7
times faster)
- <s>perf improvement in
`Triangulation_2/include/CGAL/Triangulation_2/internal/Polyline_constraint_hierarchy_2.h`
(with the use of `unordered_flat_map` from Boost>=1.80</s>
- less filter failures in `Triangulation_segment_cell_iterator_3`
- add `Triangulation_3::is_facet(u, v, w)` (without `, c, i, j, k`)
## Release Management
* Affected package(s): Installation, T_2, TDS_2, T_3, TDS_3, SMDS_3,
Kernel, STL_Extension, Stream_support
* Feature/Small Feature (if any):
* License and copyright ownership: maintenance by GeometryFactory
## Summary of Changes
Fix a usability issue with Visual Studio Code. There is now a new target
`CGALlab_compile_all_plugins` that compiles the executable `CGALlab` and
all the plugins.
That target, as seen in the vscode Make Project Outline, is placed just
below the `CGALlab` target.
If the executable `CGALlab_compile_all_plugins` is launched, it just
displays:
```
This executable is not intended to be run.
Please run the CGALlab executable instead.
```
## Release Management
* Affected package(s): Lab
## Summary of Changes
While the Polyhedron demo can read `*.nii` files there is no example in
`examples/Mesh_3/`.
This PR adds the functionality to the example that uses vtk to read
DICOM data.
This is triggered by [this
question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77331075/is-there-an-easy-way-to-convert-from-nifti-nii-image-format-to-inr)
on stackoverflow.
- [ ] Support of `*.nrrd` format
- [ ] example for segmented images
- [ ] Add example data for the file formats.
## Release Management
* Affected package(s): Mesh_3
* License and copyright ownership: unchanged
albert-github
Laurent Rineau
Mael Rouxel-Labbé
Sven Oesau
Sebastien Loriot