cgal/Packages/Triangulation_3/changes.txt

Version 1.70 (3  July 01)
- Use Filtered_exact<MP_Float> in the demo/examples.

Version 1.69 (3  July 01)
- fix in read_cells
- cell constructions and deletions done by the TDS only + doc update.
- Add a init() method to the cell base.

Version 1.68 (29 June 01)
- read_cells and print_cells member functions of tds for gcc-2.96 
- include updated for Filtered_exact

Version 1.67 (25 June 01)
- bug in demo and example _color fixed
- dual functions cleaned
- useless blind_demo removed
- cleanup

Version 1.66 (21 June 01)
- dual function for cells and facets
- demo.voronoi
- example and demo with modified vertex base
- new remove documented

Version 1.65 (20 June 01)
- Simplify TDS test program to use an empty traits.

Version 1.64 (20 June 01)
- new demo for vertex removal
- new example for hierarchy
- doc fixes for tds (new signature for insert methods)

Version 1.63 (20 June 01)
- doc for hierarchy fixed
- cleanup in examples, demo

Version 1.62 (19 June 01)
- Nothing changed.  Package renamed to Triangulation_3.

Version 1.61 (19 June 01)
- all concepts renamed in the doc according to the decision made in Dagtuhl
- default template parameters for all triangulation classes except hierarchy
  default used in the example and test-suite
- kernel traits used in the example(s) and test-suite
- example files included directly in the doc
- Remove one "new Cell" in Triangulation_3.
- Privatize some member functions of TDS.

Version 1.60 (14 June 01)
- Short names for the hierarchy.
- More test-suite cleanups.

Version 1.59 (14 June 01)
- Test-suite cleanups.
- Change prototype of tds::clear_cells_only() to avoid unnecessary vector copy.

Version 1.58 (7  June 01)
- Cleanup vertex_3 and cell_3.

Version 1.57 (5  June 01)
- Add missing typename for MipsPro.

Version 1.56 (1  June 01)
- Document the hierarchy.
- Use MP_Float.
- Hierarchy traits now uses Compare_distance_3.
- One more VC++ for()-scope workaround.
- Change function order to try to fix BCC.
- Remove traces of geometry in Delaunay_remove_tds.
- preconditions(is_vertex()) changed to expensive.

Version 1.55 (29 May 01)
- warning bcc fixed (unused variable)

Version 1.54 (28 May 01)
- VC++ fix.
- Add public: in example_tds.C.

Version 1.53 (23 May 01)
- Put Triangulation_hierarchy_vertex_base_3 in its own file.
- VC++ for()-scope workaround.
- example_tds.C update to the new TDS::insert() interface.

Version 1.52 (22 May 01)
- Regular works again.
- Fix memleak in TDS.

Version 1.51 (18 May 01)
- remove
- bug fix in is_edge of tds
- all interfaces of tds.insertxxx() changed
- tds.clear modified
- even more for() scope VC++ bug workarounds.
- fix BCC/KCC warning.

Version 1.50 (4  May 01)
- Fix recently introduced bug in the hierarchy when dimension() < 3.
- more for() scope VC++ bug workaround.
- Don't try to compile demo.C on Windows as it required Geomview.
- Apply the full Delaunay test-suite to the hierarchy, this showed some bugs.
- Merge the two insert() functions in one, using a default argument for the
  starting cell.
- Finally update the traits to the last kernel, and documentation.
- Regular triangulation speed up.
- Added push_back() member functions.

Version 1.49 (13 Apr 01)
- locate() interface changes to match the 2D case wrt the default start.
- minor hierarchy speed up.

Version 1.48 (13 Apr 01)
- for() scope VC++ bug workaround.
- facet circulator around an edge fix.

Version 1.47 (9 Apr 01)
- member template definition in class body for VC++.

Version 1.46 (3 Mar 01)
- violates() optimization (remove() speed up). [syl]
- new insert_conflict() in the TDS. [syl]
- rand4() can now be inline (locate() speed up). [syl]
- New internal typedef Conflict_set to allow later testing of hash_set<>. [syl]
- "int in_conflict_flag" in ds_cell to speed up insert(). [syl]
- Point_2 include and typedef removed from Triangulation_geom_traits_3.h [af]
- add dummy variable to cheat MSVC++
- added Delaunay__traingulation_3::fill_hole_3d_ear, an alternative
  implementation for fill_hole_3d [af]
- Use std::distance(). [syl]
- Triangulation_hierarchy<>.
- Remove some old style casts.
- Add a free cell list to speed up allocation.
- Various cleanups.

Version 1.45 (22 dec 00)
- point() of vertex_base returns a const ref instead of a Point. [syl]
- locate() improvements (remembering). [syl]
- new typdefs Geom_traits and Triangulation_data_structure.
- various cleanups.
- the kernel can almost be used as geometric traits class [andreas]
- function objects are created and applied directly. This means one less redirection [andreas]
- reintroduced the type Point in the traits class for backward compatibility [andreas]
- undo added so that the remove fails gracefully, instead of invalidating the triangulation [andreas]


Version 1.44 (11 dec 00)
- typdefs _3 fixed in demo and example
- locate() small optimization. [syl]

Version 1.43 (6 dec 00)
- Regular 3D compile for simple cartesian kernels too. [syl]
- Geomview output. [syl]
- typedefs _3 in traits [andreas]
- minor optimization in side_of_tetrahedron(). [syl]
- gcc 2.97 stuff. [syl]

Version 1.42 (26 sept 00)
Minor modifications :
- One more sentence in the doc
- #include <CGAL/Cartesian.h> added in Triangulation_geom_traits_3.h (useful
for degenerate dimensions)

Version 1.41 (7 aug 00)
- parameter dummy_for_windows added in the old versions of 
Triangulation_3:: incident_vertices et al (kept for compatibility
with previous versions).

Version 1.40 (2 aug 00)
- * replaced by _handle in Triangulation_3:: incident_vertices and
incindet_cells for a given vertex
- is_edge and analogous methods implemented
- doc updated

Version 1.39 (1 aug 00)
added missing CGAL_NTS in the test_suite

Version 1.38 (31 jul 00)
has_vertex and are_equal for Facet documented
fixes in scopes of classes in the doc

Version 1.37 (28 jul 00)
new fixes in typenames
remove in Delaunay documented

Version 1.36 (17 jul 00)
fixes in typenames in Delaunay::remove
call to Filtered_exact commented in examples to test on all platforms

Version 1.35 (14 jul 00)
first version of vertex_removal in Delaunay_3
small functionalities (are_equal, has_vertex) on facets
(nothing documented yet)
CGAL_NTS added in predicates/Regular*3.h

Version 1.34 (3 apr 00)
fix in the doc :
cheating with concept Tds_3 and its template parameters
to remove problem with indexing...
To be arranged later

Version 1.33 (29 march 00)
very bad version of the new doc

Version 1.32 (21 fev 00)
bug fix (undefined variable in assertion...)

Version 1.31 (11 fev 00)
small bug fixes (only appearing when disabling preconditions)

Version 1.30 (4 fev 00)
changes for -pedantic (thank you Geert-Jan)

Version 1.29 (12 janv 99)
changes in the figures of the doc only

Version 1.28 (21 dec 99)
newline removed in cout<<" " in demos

Version 1.27 (17 dec 99)
useful #include added in the demos
a few small details changed in the doc

Version 1.26 (16 dec 99)
removed : useless #include in the "demos"
added : pictures in the doc

Version 1.25 (10 dec 99)
change in the doc:
\begin{ccClass}{Traits} --> \begin{ccClass}{Triangulation_3_traits}

Version 1.24 (2 dec 99)
changes for Borland
makefile in demo changed for M$

Version 1.23 (16 nov 99)
Function is_valid(cell) added in Delaunay (had been forgotten...)

Version 1.22 (3 nov 99)
Fixes in the documentation (section titles)

Version 1.21 (2 nov 99)
- another vertex base in Triangulation_vertex_base_3.h, that does not 
copy points
- first submission of src/Triangulation3.C : contains the definition of
the static table used by Triangulation_utils_3.h

Version 1.20 (28 oct 99)
cleaning and purify-ing

Version 1.19 (22 oct 99)
Remove reference to Quotient, replaced by Homogeneous::FT.
Triangulation_utils_3 cleaned

Version 1.18 (22 oct 99)
(problem with submission - 1.19 submitted instead)
display changes in the doc

Version 1.17 (18 oct 99)
same contents, but lots of fixes in the doc following Susan's remarks.

Version 1.16 (14 oct 99)
flips added
short_names (needed by MSVC)

Version 1.15 (5 oct 99)
removing "unsigned int"

Version 1.14 (4 oct 99)
problem in conversion from ds_cell to Cell_handle solved in
Triangulation_circulator_3 (in Facet_circulator)

Version 1.13 (28 sept 99)
cleaning typedefs, friend declarations
test suite modified for regular triangulation

Version 1.12 (23 sept 99)
Facet_circulator added
changes in the internal representation of Cell_circulator

Version 1.11 (17 sept 99)
trying new special macro for MSVC typename bug

Version 1.10 (15 sept 99)
a few more typenames in Regular triangulation
a few more std:: in the test suite

Version 1.9 (13 sept 99)
minor changes (names, etc)
minor changes in the doc (macros, not change in the contents)

Version 1.8 (8 sept 99)
minor fixes (std::, typenames, etc)

Version 1.7 (1st sept 99)
changes in Dagstuhl for MSVC++

Version 1.6 (25 august 99)
minor changes to run with g++ 2.95

Version 1.5 (2 august 99)
bug fix in  _test_cls_tds_cell.C (which made the test suite fail
on Linux)

Version 1.4 (27 july 99)
regular triangulations added
+ cleaning

Version 1.3 (13 July 99)
include files :
	Some cleaning +
	The constructors of the cells do not insert the cell in the
	triangulation any more. Instead the triangulation has functions
	to add cells. (for data structure and geometric triangulation as well)
doc :
	Several small corrections + updates due to the changes in include files.	
test-suite :
	updates due to the changes in include files +
	does not always call gmp

Version 1.2 (30 June 99)
small bug fixes in the test-suite after results of 2.1-I-1
methods defined outside classes to compile with -O2

Version 1.1 (24 June 99)
Bug fixes in memory management (too much cleaning...)
testsuite was failing on Linux

Version 1.0 (23 June 99)
- Initial release !!!