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Regression in 4.4.3: get() and set() are reading and writing from/to the wrong coordinates.

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Description

Most appropriate sub-area of Processing 4?

Core/Environment/Rendering

Processing version

4.4.3

Operating system

MacOS 11.7.10

Steps to reproduce this
  1. Run the attached script to demonstrate the behavior.

In v4.4.2, the color that get() reads is white, as expected. And set() draws around (350, 350) as expected. But in v4.4.3 (and v4.4.4) get() reads blue, and set() draws around (175, 175).

It appears that both get() and set() are operating on (x/2. y/2) instead of (x,y).

snippet

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //<>// //<>// //<>// //<>//
// Define colors
color white = color(255);
color black = color(0);
color red = color(255, 0, 0);
color blue = color(0, 0, 255);

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Setup
void setup() {
    size(400, 400);
    background(white);
    noLoop();
}

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Draw
void draw() {
    stroke(blue);
    fill(blue);
    rect(165, 165, 20, 20);

    // BUG 1: The color c is blue but it should be white.
    // It seems to be reading from (x/2, y/2) = (175, 175) instead of (350, 350).
    color c = get(350, 350);
    showColor(c);            // R/G/B = 0.0 0.0 255.0 = blue

    // BUG 2: This draws around (175, 175). It should draw around (350, 350).
    for (int x = 340; x < 360; x++) {
        for (int y = 340; y < 360; y++) {
            set(x, y, red);
        }
    }

    //save("screenshot.xxx.png");
}

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Show information about a color
void showColor(color c) {
    print("R/G/B =", red(c), green(c), blue(c) );
    if (c == white) {
        println(" = white");
    } else if (c == blue) {
        println(" = blue");
    } else {
        println("");
    }
}
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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