From b4f536e238161d59db61f4bb5fc6e87d4b7baffe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vivien Maisonneuve <v.maisonneuve@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:09:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add method Polyhedron.asinequalities()

---
 doc/reference.rst  |  4 ++++
 linpy/polyhedra.py | 10 +++++++---
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/reference.rst b/doc/reference.rst
index 83ee9d3..5c8da90 100644
--- a/doc/reference.rst
+++ b/doc/reference.rst
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ This space can be unbounded.
 
         Return the convex union of two or more polyhedra.
 
+    .. method:: asinequalities()
+
+        Express the polyhedron using inequalities, given as a list of expressions greater or equal to 0.
+
     .. method:: widen(polyhedron)
 
         Compute the *standard widening* of two polyhedra, à la Halbwachs.
diff --git a/linpy/polyhedra.py b/linpy/polyhedra.py
index 50af053..b88cfd1 100644
--- a/linpy/polyhedra.py
+++ b/linpy/polyhedra.py
@@ -173,7 +173,11 @@ class Polyhedron(Domain):
             for inequality in self.inequalities]
         return Polyhedron(equalities, inequalities)
 
-    def _asinequalities(self):
+    def asinequalities(self):
+        """
+        Express the polyhedron using inequalities, given as a list of
+        expressions greater or equal to 0.
+        """
         inequalities = list(self.equalities)
         inequalities.extend([-expression for expression in self.equalities])
         inequalities.extend(self.inequalities)
@@ -188,8 +192,8 @@ class Polyhedron(Domain):
         """
         if not isinstance(other, Polyhedron):
             raise TypeError('argument must be a Polyhedron instance')
-        inequalities1 = self._asinequalities()
-        inequalities2 = other._asinequalities()
+        inequalities1 = self.asinequalities()
+        inequalities2 = other.asinequalities()
         inequalities = []
         for inequality1 in inequalities1:
             if other <= Polyhedron(inequalities=[inequality1]):
-- 
2.20.1