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orthogonal proc seems incorrect #88

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vmath/src/vmath.nim

Lines 1908 to 1922 in a57a0a7

proc orthogonal*[T](v: GVec3[T]): GVec3[T] =
## Returns orthogonal vector to given vector.
let
v = abs(v)
other: type(v) =
if v.x < v.y:
if v.x < v.z:
gvec3(T(1), 0, 0) # X_AXIS
else:
gvec3(T(0), 0, 1) # Z_AXIS
elif v.y < v.z:
gvec3(T(0), 1, 0) # Y_AXIS
else:
gvec3(T(0), 0, 1) # Z_AXIS
return cross(v, other)

I.e., vec3(0, -1, 1).orthogonal is incorrect. This is because it computes orthogonal for vec3(0, -1, 1).abs = vec3(0, 1, 1), so the result is vec3(0, 1, -1)
Correct implementation should be something like this:

proc orthogonal*[T](v: GVec3[T]): GVec3[T] =
  ## Returns orthogonal vector to given vector.
  let
    vAbs = abs(v)
    other: type(v) =
      if vAbs.x < vAbs.y:
        if vAbs.x < vAbs.z:
          gvec3(T(1), 0, 0) # X_AXIS
        else:
          gvec3(T(0), 0, 1) # Z_AXIS
      elif vAbs.y < vAbs.z:
        gvec3(T(0), 1, 0)   # Y_AXIS
      else:
        gvec3(T(0), 0, 1)   # Z_AXIS
  return cross(v, other)

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