From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 21:18:57 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Add the 'dot' function for Points.
X-Git-Tag: 0.0.1~159
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.michael.orlitzky.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8e58ac52086db8eedb3d929ddc9b6aa885b67f3f;p=spline3.git

Add the 'dot' function for Points.
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diff --git a/src/Point.hs b/src/Point.hs
index e5260ae..95b3364 100644
--- a/src/Point.hs
+++ b/src/Point.hs
@@ -24,8 +24,14 @@ scale (x, y, z) d = (x*d, y*d, z*d)
 
 -- | Returns the distance between p1 and p2.
 distance :: Point -> Point -> Double
-distance (x1, y1, z1) (x2, y2, z2) =
-    sqrt $ (x2 - x1)^(2::Int) + (y2 - y1)^(2::Int) + (z2 - z1)^(2::Int)
+distance p1 p2 =
+    sqrt $ p1 `dot` p2
+
+
+-- | Returns the dot product of two points (taken as three-vectors).
+dot :: Point -> Point -> Double
+dot (x1, y1, z1) (x2, y2, z2) =
+    (x2 - x1)^(2::Int) + (y2 - y1)^(2::Int) + (z2 - z1)^(2::Int)
 
 
 -- | Returns 'True' if p1 is close to (within 'epsilon' of) p2,