[whatwg] context.arc and current point

[Ian Hickson]

On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, Andrea Canciani wrote:
>
> What will be the current point after an arc with endAngle-startAngle > 
> 2pi?
> 
> The specification seems to say that the end point is defined to be the 
> point at endAngle, but the path is required to be exactly a circle.

The path is a circle but the end point is unaffected by this; it is 
defined as being endAngle aleng the circle's circumference, measured in 
radians clockwise from the positive x-axis.

So for example:

  c.beginPath();
  c.moveTo(20,20);
  c.arc(200, 200, 100, 0, 5*Math.PI, false);
  c.lineTo(380,380);
  c.stroke();

...draws a line from the top left, diagonally down to the right edge of a 
circle, and then draws a line from the left edge of that circle diagonally 
down to the bottom right.

HTH,
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