From af63732deff0df8ebd108a44d932d836d3e64443 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Field <dfield@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:04:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Support `Path.addCircle` (#4783)

* add Path.addCircle

* docs formatting

* revert path.cc/path.h; remove addCircle and update docs on addOval

* add missing file.
---
 AUTHORS              | 1 +
 lib/ui/painting.dart | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 649be0fcbe92a..5fdf752a2e376 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ Google Inc.
 Jim Simon <jim.j.simon@gmail.com>
 Ali Bitek <alibitek@protonmail.ch>
 Jacob Greenfield <jacob.greenfield.256@gmail.com>
+Dan Field <dfield@gmail.com>
diff --git a/lib/ui/painting.dart b/lib/ui/painting.dart
index d69314bbb7659..9ee3ef39a2597 100644
--- a/lib/ui/painting.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/painting.dart
@@ -1513,6 +1513,9 @@ class Path extends NativeFieldWrapperClass2 {
 
   /// Adds a new subpath that consists of a curve that forms the
   /// ellipse that fills the given rectangle.
+  /// 
+  /// To add a circle, pass an appropriate rectangle as `oval`. [Rect.fromCircle] 
+  /// can be used to easily describe the circle's center [Offset] and radius.
   void addOval(Rect oval) {
     assert(_rectIsValid(oval));
     _addOval(oval.left, oval.top, oval.right, oval.bottom);