[cairo] zero size textures?

[`VL]

On 16.12.2017 20:48, Uli Schlachter wrote:
> On 16.12.2017 16:18, `VL wrote:
>> On 16.12.2017 12:48, Uli Schlachter wrote:
> [...]
>>>> So the question - is it ok to call cairo functions with zero sizes
>>>> and expect some valid result? Could it be some bug in cairo (xcb backend) ?
>>> Look at cairo_status() and/or cairo_surface_status(). Once an object
>>> ends up in an error state, all operations in it will fail.
>> ok, this explains why further rendering stops.
>> But I can't find a function to reset state and somehow rollback operation.
>> My app did all operations in a block of cairo_save/cairo_restore, but it
>> doesn't seem to help with error state.
>>
>> Or am I supposed to re-create whole context on any error?
> [...]
> I'm afraid that errors are sticky. I guess you are supposed not to cause
> any, sorry.
>
> Can't you check for a scale of zero before doing cairo_scale() and if
> you see a zero there, you just skip the whole block of drawing operations?
yes, of course. This is what I'm doing now to avoid bad call.
I think it's worth to improve documentation: particularly cairo_scale()
doesn't mention which parameters are accepted, and which would lead
to incorrect context.

>
> Cheers,
> Uli