[cairo] I don't see the pattern

[Donn]

Thanks Carl.

> And you could create a pattern for each object as well, (instead of
> just a surface). That would even give you a place to lodge an
> appropriate per-object transformation if that would be useful. But
> it's not strictly necessary.
Is there any speed difference between your example and the pattern approach?

As to using C, go for it! I'm far too thick to use it, but I can mangle it 
into Python as I need to.

\c