Method for computing the distance between two parallel planes?

[CristianoPizzamiglio]

Hi! I hope everything's ok!

scikit-spatial already provides all the tools necessary to compute the distance between two parallel planes. However, I was thinking about adding a method to the Plane class to directly compute such a distance. It's just about having a quicker way for doing it.

Does it sound pointless to you? If it doesn't, I will take care of the PR and the method's signature could be something like the following one:

def distance(self, other: Plane) -> np.float64:
    """
    Return the distance to another parallel plane.

    Parameters
    ----------
    other : Plane
        Other parallel plane.

     Returns
     -------
     np.float64
         Distance between the planes.

    Raises
    ------
    ValueError
        If planes are not parallel.

    """
    ...

Thanks!

[ajhynes7]

Hi Cristiano,

I don't see much value in adding this method because it only works for parallel planes. If I had two parallel planes and I wanted the distance between them, I could just do this:

plane_a.distance_point(plane_b.point)

[CristianoPizzamiglio]

Hi!
Yeah, that's for sure. I understand your point of view.

Thanks!