[cairo] API Shakeup: cairo_current_matrix

[David Reveman]

On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 14:05 -0400, Carl Worth wrote:
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> On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 19:56:34 +0200, David Reveman wrote:
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> > > So I think we'll just want a different matrix datatype
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> > > there. cairo_projective_matrix_t ? cairo_pattern_set_project_matrix ?
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> > 
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> > That would mean that you wont be able to use any of the cairo_matrix_*
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> > functions with projective matrices. Having another set of matrix
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> > functions for projective matrices doesn't seem like a good idea to me,
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> > and having no utility functions for projective matrices seems even
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> > worse.
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> Yes, I understand both of these downsides.
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> Do you have an alternate proposal?
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Make cairo_matrix_t 3x3. Functions that currently take a 3x2 matrix will
just ignore the third row.

I think I like this better than having a separate
cairo_projective_matrix_t, but I'm not sure.

-David