[Numpy-discussion] Generalized rectangle intersection. (Was: Array blitting)

[Jerome Kieffer]

On Sun, 9 Jul 2017 23:35:58 +0200
Mikhail V <mikhailwas at gmail.com> wrote:

> disclaimer: I am not a past contributor to numpy and I don't know
> much about github, and what pull request means. So I just put the
> examples here.
> 
> So in short, the proposal idea is to add a library function which
> calculates the intersection
> area of two rectangles, generalized for any dimensions.

I am using this kind of clipping as well but in the case you are
suggesting the boxes looks aligned to the axis which is limiting to me.
The general case is much more complicated (and interesting to me :)

Moreover the scikit-image may be more interested for this algorithm.

Cheers, 

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