The type specific getter/setter are still useful when you are sure what type of values they are. fontconfig tries to convert a type of value for setter as far as possible but for getter you better using FcPatternGet and accessing through FcValue would be safe. On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 5:48 PM Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 16:44:59 +0900, Akira TAGOH wrote: > > > On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 7:12 PM Lawrence D'Oliveiro > > <ldo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Am I right in concluding that this property is still a double, as > >> documented in older fontconfig/fontconfig.h? And that (at least as > >> of 2.13.1), no property actually uses the new Range type? > > > > No, it can be Range in some cases, such as TrueType GX fonts. > > So properties need not be of fixed types any more? Which kind of limits > the usefulness of the FCPatternGetXXX type-specific routines? > > Just as well I now cater for that possibility in my Python binding > <https://github.com/ldo/python_fontconfig/commit/3993541a806ca450426e6ba36d6ddb377287e719> ... > _______________________________________________ > Fontconfig mailing list > Fontconfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig -- Akira TAGOH _______________________________________________ Fontconfig mailing list Fontconfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig
