On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 18:01:31 GMT, Michael Strauß <[email protected]> wrote:
>> modules/javafx.graphics/src/main/java/com/sun/scenario/animation/StepInterpolator.java
>> line 73:
>>
>>> 71: }
>>> 72:
>>> 73: if (t >= 0 && step < 0) {
>>
>> `t >= 0` always holds, perhaps the original `t` was meant here? The `t`
>> parameter is re-assigned, which may be confusing.
>
> This algorithm is implemented as
> [specified](https://www.w3.org/TR/css-easing-1/#step-easing-algo), which
> accounts for the possibility that the interpolator is used for a back-filling
> animation (`t < 0`). While this is not possible in JavaFX (but may be
> possible in the future), I think it makes sense to keep the algorithm as is,
> because it ensures that its results are always correct, even though negative
> values for `t` are currently out of spec.
Yeah, I figured as much. I just don't like code that you can't get covered in
a unit test, or that contradicts itself. As you can see, I was confused, is it
a bug or a feature? Perhaps a comment then to indicate that it's intentional.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/870#discussion_r1280678762
