X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/ccc7fbfaedcd18ed5966cce45e80ce71f7057d50..e31f4da5f0e888e3bae947061be02a427c570372:/docs/latex/wx/pen.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/pen.tex b/docs/latex/wx/pen.tex index dbed617a1c..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.