[Mono-list] System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(), why int parameters?

[Stifu]

Hmm, okay.
Maybe some sort of mistake they couldn't fix later due to backward
compatibility, or something.

I'm asking about this because I'm working on an open-source project, and a
contributor submitted patches that do similar stuff: color-related methods
that take int parameters. When I asked the contributor why he used ints
rather than bytes, he answered he just did it like Color.FromArgb(),
although he didn't know why it was like that in Color.FromArgb()...


Alex wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would guess for some sort of crazy API design guideline. Other than
> that, I can't see any reason.
> 
> Regards,
> Alex
> 
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Stifu <stifu at free.fr> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a quick question about the System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb() method
>> (which also applies to other similar methods).
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/at1k42eh.aspx
>>
>> Does anyone know why it takes int parameters, rather than bytes,
>> considering
>> expected values should go from 0 to 255?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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