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Returns the set of non-overlapping rectangles. Every entry is an array
of the form C<[$x0, $y0, $x1, $y1, @names]>.

=item $bor->get_rectangles_as_array_ref()

Returns an array ref (actually a tied one) containing the broken
rectangles.

Rectangles are stored inside Algorithm::BreakOverlappingRectangles
objects as packed data to reduce memory comsumption, but calling the
C<get_rectangles> method expands them and so can eat lots of memory
when the number of rectangles is high. This alternative method returns
a reference to a tied array that unpacks the rectangles on the fly.

For instance:

  my $r = $abor->get_rectangles_as_array_ref;
  for (@$r) {
    print "@$_\n";
  }