On Sep 1, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > On Sep 1, 2010, at 11:43 AM, Chris Marrin wrote: > >> >> But I agree with Maciej that all of the public API is transformation >> oriented. Even things like inverse() and transpose() have application in >> doing transforms. I think it would be a stretch to use this 4x4 matrix for >> general purposes. A general matrix class usually has to deal with different >> dimensions, for instance. >> >> But I am loath to call it HomogeneousTransform, given the fact that Maciej >> and I have spelled it differently (both are accepted spellings) and it will >> be really hard for people to get used to spelling such an uncommon word. >> >> If you look at the "Uses" section of >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformation_matrix you'll see that they >> consider the term improper as well. And they have a good point. Since they >> recommend the term "general transformation matrix" to distinguish it from >> the more restricted "affine transformation", then simply calling it >> Transform seems appropriate. > > Transform sounds ok to me, actually, even though it is a little broad.
Filed as https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45051. I also opened https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45052 for the work to change Transform back to floats. I'm not sure we've fully committed to do this, but I wanted it recorded in the bug list. We can invalidate it if we don't end up doing it. ----- ~Chris cmar...@apple.com _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
