checks if two splines are to be merged (matched) or

not. It does this by computing the distance from every point in each

spline to every other point in the other spline and checking that the mean

or median distances are below the given thresholds.-checks if two splines are to be merged (matched) or

　not. It does this by computing the distance from every point in each

　spline to every other point in the other spline and checking that the mean

　or median distances are below the given thresholds.