On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 05:58:56PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The ShapeChanger changes the Shape back to the original state when it is > > destructed, i.e. the end of its scope. In this particular piece of code > > the scope of 'dummy2' is the 'if' branch, i.e. the shape will already be > > restored before cell(0).metrics() is called. > > It would maybe be more useful to have a FontSaver, then, like: > > FontSaver dummy(mi.base.font); > if (whatever) > mi.base.font.setShape(Font::UP_SHAPE); > > and mi.base.font would be restored on scope exit. Actually, a generic > Saver class would be enough to solve all needs and seems much simpler > to me than all the hand-made FooChanger classes.
It used to be shorter for common cases. Of course it is not forbidden to copy the whole font. Andre'
