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-rw-r--r--libdimension/prtree.c9
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diff --git a/libdimension/prtree.c b/libdimension/prtree.c
index 43400a3..6ca6058 100644
--- a/libdimension/prtree.c
+++ b/libdimension/prtree.c
@@ -544,6 +544,15 @@ static inline bool
dmnsn_ray_box_intersection(dmnsn_optimized_line optline,
dmnsn_bounding_box box, double t)
{
+ /*
+ * This is actually correct, even though it appears not to handle edge cases
+ * (line.n.{x,y,z} == 0). It works because the infinities that result from
+ * dividing by zero will still behave correctly in the comparisons. Lines
+ * which are parallel to an axis and outside the box will have tmin == inf
+ * or tmax == -inf, while lines inside the box will have tmin and tmax
+ * unchanged.
+ */
+
/* Degenerate box test */
if (box.min.x >= box.max.x)
return false;