[whatwg] [canvas] Path object

[Charles Pritchard]

On Oct 2, 2012, at 3:00 PM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Elliott Sprehn <esprehn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I was looking at the canvas Path API and had some concerns. In
>> particular it's inconsistent with the rest of canvas:
>> 
>> We already have CanvasGradient and CanvasPattern in the global
>> namespace, so this should probably be called CanvasPath.
>> 
>> We also have createLinearGradient() and createPattern(), but this new
>> thing is "new Path".
>> 
>> Could we get some consistency here? Like adding new CanvasGradient()
>> (or a createPath() method) to match up with Path and renaming this
>> thing CanvasPath?
> 
> I think the SVGWG would be opposed to that - we rather like the Path
> api and would appreciate being able to appropriate it for our own uses
> (merging with the <path> API).
> 
> I'm fine with gradients/patterns moving to a plain constructor rather
> than a factory method, though.

We could have createPath() on the 2d context object return an opaque CanvasPath object without stepping on any toes with the SVGWG.

Presently, with Canvas, I was hoping for a bit of stability-- the suggestion of deprecating the createGradient and pattern methods seems to be going in the other direction, further blurring the boundaries of the API.



-Charles