PointCloudLibrary/pcl

Deprecate duplicated distance functions in "common/geometry.h"

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#1,931 opened on Jul 8, 2017

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Description

Functions for computation of Euclidean distances are duplicated. Decide which ones to keep and delete/deprecate the rest.

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Identify the duplicated Euclidean distance functions in common/geometry.h, compare their implementations, and propose which to keep based on usage and performance.
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cpp
Domain
backend
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Refactor
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1-3 hours
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75