Feature Request: set a BLPath using the SVG geometry specification

[abu-irrational]

I think it might be useful to add an alternative mode for building a BLPath, using the SVG notation:
something like
blPath->set("M 10 20 C -0 20 .......")
and conversely, get the path geometry as an equivalent internal string (.. just using the M, L, C, Q, Z 'commands' ...)

[kobalicek]

I think this makes sense when we have locale-independent string to double conversion.

[abu-irrational]

? what does it means ?
Are you talking about the format of the numerical coordinates ?
The only valid format should be the standard (american?) notation,
eg "12345.02" or "3.34e+2" ....
locale specific format such as "1.000,0" (italian notation) or "1,000.0" (english notation) should be forbidden.

see https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/paths.html
[...]
The path data syntax is a prefix notation (i.e., commands followed by parameters). The only allowable decimal point is a Unicode U+0046 FULL STOP (".") character (also referred to in Unicode as PERIOD, dot and decimal point) and no other delimiter characters are allowed [UNICODE]. (For example, the following is an invalid numeric value in a path data stream: "13,000.56". Instead, say: "13000.56".)

[kobalicek]

I'm talking about functions like atof(), strtod(), etc... that are affected by locale. I have already written SVG path data parser, so it's not a problem from this point of view, just don't want to deal with float parsing at the moment.

So keeping this open as I think it would be nice to have, but at the moment text is a higher priority.