Canvas limitations (was Re: Coding question, canvas)

[Guillaume Laurent <glaurent worldnet fr>]

Miguel de Icaza <miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx> writes:

> 	- When you have way too much information to display
> 	  efficiently by creating an item per object (for example, if
> 	  you need to display a plot or an image, you migth benefit
> 	  from a specialized item.

Could you translate "way too much" in more "numerical" terms ? :-)

What are the practical limitation of the canvas in term of number of
objects ?

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