Re: GdkRectangle vs cairo_rectangle_int_t

[Juan Rafael García Blanco <juanrgar gmail com>]

Hi,

Thank you very much. Completely clear now :)

Regards,
Juan.

On 28 Jan 2014, at 20:36, Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com> wrote:

> hi;
>
> On 28 January 2014 19:30, Juan Rafael García Blanco <juanrgar gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Just wondering, why gtk_popover_set_pointing_to() takes an argument of type cairo_rectangle_int_t and not 
> > of type GdkRectangle? Which one is better suited for each situation? I know one if a typedef of the other, 
> > but I’m curious and I can’t think of it myself. I guess cairo_rectangle_int_t makes more sense when the 
> > rectangle is something actually drawn, and GdkRectangle is more general.
>
> GdkRectangle is a typedef to cairo_rectangle_int_t, so the two types
> are completely identical.
>
> GdkRectangle predates cairo_rectangle_int_t; it actually predates the
> whole of libcairo. during the transition from 2.x to 3.x we considered
> the idea of dropping GdkRectangle, but the churn was judged too much.
>
> newly written API should use Cairo types — cairo_rectangle_t,
> cairo_rectangle_int_t, and cairo_region_t.
>
> ciao,
> Emmanuele.
>
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