Re: [boost] Library Proposal: Boost.Geom 2D and 3D Geometric Primitives

From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-02 09:53:26

Anis Benyelloul wrote:
> Joel de Guzman <joel <at> boost-consulting.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>I'd want to assign, say, a Mac Region to a
>>cross-platform region. That way, I can, say, transform the more
>>versatile cross-platform region, scale it, rotate it, etc. These
>>functions are not available in the platform specific region.
> 
> 
> This would be only possible/safe if MacRegion wasn't so opaque. But maybe the 
> other way around is possible: Create a cross-platform region from the start, 
> scale it,
> rotate it, reshape it, cook it (??), and then turn it into a MacRegion !

No. The problem is that in most cases, you can't! The platform
specific region is given to you. You have no control over that.
The OS creates the regions for you.

Regards,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
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