Re: stack smashing detected

[Thomas Morley]

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Am Do., 25. Apr. 2019 um 17:21 Uhr schrieb Benkő Pál <address@hidden>:
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> David Kastrup <address@hidden> ezt írta (időpont: 2019. ápr. 25., Cs, 16:46):
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> > Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:
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> > > Background: I'm exploring whether it would be feasible to draw higher
> > > order bezier-curves, splitting them in cubic ones.
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> you can't split a Bezier curve into lower order ones, only approximate.

Bad wording of mine, sorry.
I meant 'approximate'.

> > So usually your goals would be better served by
> > allowing _multiple_ cubic beziers in a row with suitable continuity of
> > derivatives (and thus some aspects of the control points) provided
> > automagically.
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> which is called B-splines.  is it possible to use (cubic) B-splines directly?

B-splines are also mentioned in one of the linked sources, but
currently can't deal with them. I'll continue exploring ;)

Thanks,
  Harm