[pygame] GSoC 2010: A New Draw Module

[jug <jug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello!

I'm going to write a new draw module for pygame and pygame2 as part of
GSoC this year. The aim is to have one draw module for pygame that
implements not only the very basic drawing of a few plain color shapes but
also drawing of more advanced shapes and whith more advanced attributes
(ie. curves, rounded corners, aa, etc.) as well as alternative filling 
methods
(ie. procedural or image based textures, filling from another surface/image
(cloning), etc.). Unlike now the code will be object oriented thus you'll
need to create a (pen) object before using it to draw stuff. That is to 
to keep
code clean and structured and avoid functions with (terribly) long parameter
lists. However, I plan to add some shortcuts for basic functionality 
(and maybe
compatibility).

I'm still thinking about concepts and have some more vague ideas in mind so
if you have any ideas or suggestions please tell me :)


While development I'll blog about any progress at
http://pygamedraw.wordpress.com/

Even though I've got svn access to the pygame repo (thank you, rene) I also
have a (currently still empty) hg repo with wiki and issue tracker at
http://bitbucket.org/schlangen/pygamedraw


Regards,
Julian