add comment for computing max-diff between conic and its bounding quad

git-svn-id: http://skia.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@8885 2bbb7eff-a529-9590-31e7-b0007b416f81

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/SkGeometry.cpp b/src/core/SkGeometry.cpp
index 688445826d..14e4fa2bf7 100644
--- a/src/core/SkGeometry.cpp
+++ b/src/core/SkGeometry.cpp
@@ -1654,3 +1654,14 @@ void SkConic::computeTightBounds(SkRect* bounds) const {
 void SkConic::computeFastBounds(SkRect* bounds) const {
     bounds->set(fPts, 3);
 }
+
+/*
+ *  "High order approximation of conic sections by quadratic splines"
+ *      by Michael Floater, 1993
+ *
+ *  Max error between conic and simple quad is bounded by this equation
+ *
+ *  a <-- w - 1 (where w >= 0)
+ *  diff <-- a * (p0 - 2p1 + p2) / (4*(2 + a))
+ */
+