Difference between Edgeshape.new and PolygonShape.new (box2d)

Question

In Gideros, which is a 2d game development engine, box2d is a physics library, which probably is external library and not internal to Lua, there are function called edgeshape.new and Polygonshape.new(), what is the difference between two?

Answer 1

EdgeShape can only have 2 points, sort of like a line. EdgeShape, you can maybe use it as a floor, for example.

PolygonShape on the other hand, can have multiple points, like a triangle, box, and so on. PolygonShape