[cairo] Cairo Font Cache

[Chris Wilson]

On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 05:35:22PM +0200, Edward Zimmermann wrote:
> I realize it’s a case that Cairo does not like. Its side-effects are real.
> 
> I'm asking WHY?

It is kept in a holdover cache because a lot of applications do reuse
such fonts. And before that in your example, it is still being
referenced by the context anyway.

> Its NOT a live font. Its at most a dangling one.. I don't use it. Yes the pointer is still around in Cairo's
> tables but nobody will ask for it to do any drawing..  If I don't draw with a font why should it matter if
> its insides are wholesome or gutted? 

It is a live font until all references to it are dropped.
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre