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From: frank@ladc.bull.com (Frank Mayhar)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Need floodfill algorithm
Message-ID: <1989Aug23.171348.25700@ladc.bull.com>
Date: 23 Aug 89 17:13:48 GMT
References: <15334@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> <496@cditi.UUCP>
Reply-To: frank@ladcgw.ladc.bull.com (Frank Mayhar)
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In article <496@cditi.UUCP> josh@cditi.UUCP (Josh Muskovitz) writes:
>In the case where the region is:
>	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>	xxxxxxx..........xxxxxxx
>	xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx
>	xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx
>	xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx
>	xxxxxxx..........xxxxxxx
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>would the region bleed out to the borders?

Depends on the algorithm.  Most would not, since they only look up, down,
left and right for border pixels.
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