Re: Behaviour of SVGTransformable and it's objects

On Friday, March 10, 2006, 1:28:43 PM, David wrote:

DV> Chris Lilley wrote:
>> Can you explain your rationale for throwing away objects rather than
>> reusing them? Is it more efficient to have the objects be immutable,
>> for instance, and does that mitigate the efficiency lost by object
>> creation and disposal?

DV> Perhaps a bit disappointing but the current rationale is that it gives 
DV> easier implementation and verification in lack of a clear specification 
DV> in that area.

Thanks, its not disappointing at all. Its good to know why you did it
that way.



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 Chris Lilley                    mailto:chris@w3.org
 Chair, W3C SVG Working Group
 W3C Graphics Activity Lead
 Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG