Re: [java-gnome-hackers] org.gnome.gdk.EventButton.getX()/getY(): double vs int

[Owen T. <ot...@re...>]

On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 20:14 +0200, Stefan Prelle wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just stumbled upon the not yet exposed methods getX() and getY()
> in org.gnome.gdk.EventButton and Andrew's comment:
> 
> * I'm not exposing these yet; why on earth are they double? If there's
> * no good reason or it's legacy crap, we're going to change the return
> * signature to int.
> 
> I agree that I don't see a point in not having integers here. So, if
> noone is coming with a good example why to use doubles here, I suggest
> that we expose them as ints.
> 
> Any comments?

They are double because in some cases sub-pixel positioning is
available... for example, when tablet support is enabled. This is
important for, among things, painting programs.

Any questions?

- Owen