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RE: color.el


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: color.el
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 07:44:31 -0800

> > IMO, the values should be of the same type (a) for all 
> > components (r,g,b,h,s,v), and (b) for both input and
> > return values.  We should not be sometimes passing in
> > [0,1] for RGB and other times passing in [0,255] for RGB.  
> > Similarly for return values.  And we should not use [0,360]
> > for H but [0,1] for S and V.
> 
> I agree.  
> 
> I'd rather not ever use 0-255 in the interface though.  _If_ it's
> sometimes desirable to use integers instead of floats for color
> components, 0-65535 gives higher resolution, is already in use by
> Emacs color functions (`color-values'), and can be efficiently (without
> division) converted to 0-255 internally when that range is desirable
> (for backends or whatever).

I agree.




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