A bit of future-proofing

Boudewijn Rempt boud at valdyas.org
Tue Feb 7 15:03:49 CET 2006


On Tuesday 07 February 2006 14:59, Casper Boemann wrote:

> I don't see why API stability is such an important goal. We are not a
> library after all. Also I doubt that you'll be able to hit it right on
> anyway.

I want to get plugin writers, and for that we need a modicum of stability.

> > Specifically, I'm thinking about a 32-bit bit field, one bit per channel.
> > But maybe an array of boolean would be faster to check in the composite
> > methods of the colorspaces?
>
> Hmm 32 channels seems awfully close to the number needed for a spectrum
> colorspace. Lets not set such limits for ourselves.

What would be better? Use a bigger bitfield, or an array of bools?

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Boudewijn Rempt 
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