L. David Baron wrote:
On Sunday 2006-07-02 22:47 +0200, Stefan Gössner wrote:
hmm ...
ctx.scale(2,1)
.rotate(Math.PI/4)
.translate(4,-6);
illustrates a sequence of manipulations semantically very well, doesn't it?
In my opinion, this pattern generally makes sense semantically when used
on immutable objects (e.g., strings in JavaScript).
I don't think this pattern makes sense for mutable objects. It just
suggests immutability. And making the canvas context objects immutable
doesn't really make sense without much more significant changes.
-David
I don't understand the mutable/immutable argument. If I had a mutable
Point object
var Point = {
x:0,y:0,z:0,
setX: function(x) {..},
setY: function(y) {..},
setZ: function(z) {..}
};
why should this pattern
Point.setX(1);
Point.setY(2);
Point.setZ(3);
make semantically more sense than
Point.setX(1)
.setY(2)
.setZ(3);
The object's state is altered always in the same *intended* order. And
the latter doesn't suggest more immutability than the former in my opinion.
The same mechanism applies to the current transformation matrix, which
is part of the drawing state of the canvas' context object.
--
Stefan Gössner
http://goessner.net
