X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/031df3055549760b160201449676f64c12d8390b..5814e8ba4e57839acd1eb7491ed392b07e382593:/docs/latex/wx/pen.tex?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/pen.tex b/docs/latex/wx/pen.tex index 0d3a3ce6ad..6f3176292f 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/pen.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/pen.tex @@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ get a pointer to a pen by using the global list of pens {\bf wxThePenList}, and calling the member function {\bf FindOrCreatePen}. See the entry for \helpref{wxPenList}{wxpenlist}. -wxPen uses a reference counting system, so assignments between pens are very -cheap. You can therefore use actual wxPen objects instead of pointers without -efficiency problems. Once one wxPen object changes its data it will create its -own pen data internally so that other pens, which previously shared the +This class uses \helpref{reference counting and copy-on-write}{trefcount} +internally so that assignments between two instances of this class are very +cheap. You can therefore use actual objects instead of pointers without +efficiency problems. If an instance of this class is changed it will create +its own data internally so that other instances, which previously shared the data using the reference counting, are not affected. %TODO: an overview for wxPen. @@ -406,3 +407,4 @@ to the pen list, and returns it. \docparam{width}{Width of pen.} \docparam{style}{Pen style. See \helpref{wxPen::wxPen}{wxpenctor} for a list of styles.} +