The type will be resolved at runtime...
For example, we can do this now without getting a warning:
<match target="font">
<test name="scalable" compare="eq">
<bool>false</bool>
</test>
<edit name="pixelsizefixupfactor" mode="assign">
<divide>
<name target="pattern">pixelsize</name>
<name target="font" >pixelsize</name>
</divide>
</edit>
<edit name="matrix" mode="assign">
<times>
<name>matrix</name>
<matrix>
<name>pixelsizefixupfactor</name> <double>0</double>
<double>0</double> <name>pixelsizefixupfactor</name>
</matrix>
</times>
</edit>
<edit name="size" mode="assign">
<divide>
<name>size</name>
<name>pixelsizefixupfactor</name>
</divide>
</edit>
</match>
Previously the last edit was generating:
Fontconfig warning: "/home/behdad/.local/etc/fonts/conf.d/00-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 29: saw unknown, expected number
return;
if (type == (FcType) -1)
return;
+ /* It's perfectly fine to use user-define elements in expressions,
+ * so don't warn in that case. */
+ if (value == (FcType) -1)
+ return;
FcConfigMessage (parse, FcSevereWarning, "saw %s, expected %s",
FcTypeName (value), FcTypeName (type));
}