Re: [pygame] How the get a font size

[Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx>]

James Paige wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 04:54:38PM -0800, Lenard Lindstrom wrote:
>   
> > Hi,
> >
> > James Paige wrote:
> >     
[snip]
> > > > > > f.pointsize = 12
> > > > > >        
> > > > > >             
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> > > AttributeError: 'pygame.font.Font' object has no attribute 'pointsize'
> > >
> > > I'm guessing that since pygame.font.Font is impelmented in C, it doesn't 
> > > allow new members to be added as it would if it was implemented in 
> > > python (Correct me if I am wrong)
> > >
> > >  
> > >       
> > You're right. Font instances lack attribute dictionaries. It was a 
> > design decision, or omission, and not a restriction of Font being 
> > implemented in C.
> >
> >     
>
> Ah, interesting. I stand corrected.
>
> Why was the attribute dictionary left out? What is the advantage? Is it 
> a performance thing?
>
>   
Basically to save memory. It is also easy to overlook when coding a new 
extension type.

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Lenard Lindstrom
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