[/============================================================================
  Boost.Geometry (aka GGL, Generic Geometry Library)

  Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Barend Gehrels, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Mateusz Loskot, London, UK.
  Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Bruno Lalande, Paris, France.

  Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software License,
  Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
=============================================================================/]

[def __this_function__ num_points]

[heading_conformance_ogc __this_function__..NumPoints]
[note __this_function__ can be called for any geometry and not just linestrings
(as the standard describes)]

[heading Behavior]
[table
[[Case] [Behavior] ]
[[__point__][[qbk_ret 1]]]
[[__segment__][[qbk_ret 2]]]
[[__box__][[qbk_ret 2^d, where d is the dimension of the box]]]
[[__range__][[qbk_ret boost::size(geometry)]]]
[[__other__][[qbk_ret the sum of the number of points of its elements]]]
[[Open geometries][[qbk_ret the sum of the number of points of its elements, it adds one for open (per ring) if specified]]]
[[Closed geometries][[qbk_ret the sum of the number of points of its elements]]]
]


[heading Complexity]
Constant or Linear

[heading Examples]
[num_points]
[num_points_output]