Re: Re: Fixed point cairo.. or no cairo?

["Sean Kelley" <sean sweng gmail com>]

On 8/7/06, Carl Worth <cworth cworth org> wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:48:07 +0200, Jorn Baayen wrote:
> >
> > Implementation wise I have not yet hit any troubles. The problems come
> > in with the amount of API duplication it causes: fixed and floating
> > point versions of a gazillion data structures and functions.
>
> Yes, this was precisely the concern I raised when the idea of a
>
> > Has anyone else been giving any thought to all this? If so, I'd love to
> > hear any ideas.
>
> One question I have is where are the floating-point operations that
> are causing problems? Are they above cairo in pango itself? Are they
> below the cairo interface? Both? Can we address the problem by
> applying judicious use of fixed-point arithmetic without touching the
> API at all?
>
> That was the approach I had suggested might be possible: Fixed-point
> implementations in pango and cairo connected through the existing
> floating-point interface.

I agree.  I think this is a good approach and allows use of Cairo API
that I find really desirable in some of my embedded applications.

Sean

> Has this approach been evaluated at all yet? It seems you should be
> able to re-purpose a bunch of the work you've been doing already to
> apply to an approach like this.
>
> -Carl
>
>
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