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booleanContains doesn't handle concavity

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Description

Similar to #2441

Example:

const outer = polygon([[
  [0, 0],
  [1, 0],
  [1, 1],
  [0, 1],
  [0, 0]
]], {fill: '#ff0000'});

const inner = polygon([[
  [0, 0],
  [0.5, 0.5],
  [1, 0],
  [1, 1],
  [0, 1],
  [0, 0]
]], {fill: "#00ff00"});

// Should be false, but is true
const contains = booleanContains(inner, outer);
Image

Clearly, red is not contained by green.

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Research direction

Start at the booleanContains entry point and reproduce the concave polygon example from the issue. Trace how containment is determined for concave shapes, then add a regression test showing that the red outer polygon is not contained by the green inner polygon; done means the example returns false.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, typescript
Domain
data
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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