Major Bug in vtkMath::Distance2BetweenPoints

[Yves Starreveld]

Ben,
The man page for that function states that it computes the 'distance
squared' between two points.
Just do the sqrt yourself if you need it.
Yves

Ben Held wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have discovered a major bug in vtkMath::Distance2BetweenPoints.  The
> return value needs to be passed through sqrt.
> Please make note of this so it can be fixed in 3.0.
> 
> Ben
> 
> John
> Ben L. Held
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