Hi, I don't think the framework design guidelines nor the CLS are against using bytes here, so I think you should do just that.
Regards, Alex On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Stifu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm, okay. > Maybe some sort of mistake they couldn't fix later due to backward > compatibility, or something. > > I'm asking about this because I'm working on an open-source project, and a > contributor submitted patches that do similar stuff: color-related methods > that take int parameters. When I asked the contributor why he used ints > rather than bytes, he answered he just did it like Color.FromArgb(), > although he didn't know why it was like that in Color.FromArgb()... > > > Alex wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I would guess for some sort of crazy API design guideline. Other than >> that, I can't see any reason. >> >> Regards, >> Alex >> >> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Stifu <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have a quick question about the System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb() method >>> (which also applies to other similar methods). >>> >>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/at1k42eh.aspx >>> >>> Does anyone know why it takes int parameters, rather than bytes, >>> considering >>> expected values should go from 0 to 255? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://mono.1490590.n4.nabble.com/System-Drawing-Color-FromArgb-why-int-parameters-tp3767434p3767434.html >>> Sent from the Mono - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mono-list maillist - [email protected] >>> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mono-list maillist - [email protected] >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list >> > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://mono.1490590.n4.nabble.com/System-Drawing-Color-FromArgb-why-int-parameters-tp3767434p3767558.html > Sent from the Mono - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
