diff --git a/src/db/db/dbEdgePairsDelegate.h b/src/db/db/dbEdgePairsDelegate.h
index 47b9f78ed..30708a2fb 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbEdgePairsDelegate.h
+++ b/src/db/db/dbEdgePairsDelegate.h
@@ -111,6 +111,34 @@ public:
   }
 };
 
+class DB_PUBLIC
+EdgePairToLesserEdgesProcessor
+  : public EdgePairToEdgeProcessorBase
+{
+public:
+  EdgePairToLesserEdgesProcessor ()
+  { }
+
+  void process(const EdgePair &ep, std::vector<db::Edge> &res) const
+  {
+    res.push_back (ep.lesser ());
+  }
+};
+
+class DB_PUBLIC
+EdgePairToGreaterEdgesProcessor
+  : public EdgePairToEdgeProcessorBase
+{
+public:
+  EdgePairToGreaterEdgesProcessor ()
+  { }
+
+  void process(const EdgePair &ep, std::vector<db::Edge> &res) const
+  {
+    res.push_back (ep.greater ());
+  }
+};
+
 /**
  *  @brief The edge pair set iterator delegate
  */
diff --git a/src/db/unit_tests/dbCompoundOperationTests.cc b/src/db/unit_tests/dbCompoundOperationTests.cc
index f2ab315bf..a465fc28f 100644
--- a/src/db/unit_tests/dbCompoundOperationTests.cc
+++ b/src/db/unit_tests/dbCompoundOperationTests.cc
@@ -148,13 +148,13 @@ void run_test2 (tl::TestBase *_this, bool deep)
   unsigned int l1000 = ly.get_layer (db::LayerProperties (1000, 0));
   res.insert_into (&ly, *ly.begin_top_down (), l1000);
 
-  db::CompoundRegionEdgePairToEdgeProcessingOperationNode ep2e1 (new db::EdgePairToFirstEdgesProcessor (), width_check, true);
+  db::CompoundRegionEdgePairToEdgeProcessingOperationNode ep2e1 (new db::EdgePairToLesserEdgesProcessor (), width_check, true);
   db::Edges eres = r.cop_to_edges (ep2e1);
 
   unsigned int l1001 = ly.get_layer (db::LayerProperties (1001, 0));
   eres.insert_into (&ly, *ly.begin_top_down (), l1001);
 
-  db::CompoundRegionEdgePairToEdgeProcessingOperationNode ep2e2 (new db::EdgePairToSecondEdgesProcessor (), width_check, true);
+  db::CompoundRegionEdgePairToEdgeProcessingOperationNode ep2e2 (new db::EdgePairToGreaterEdgesProcessor (), width_check, true);
   eres = r.cop_to_edges (ep2e2);
 
   unsigned int l1002 = ly.get_layer (db::LayerProperties (1002, 0));