Should `CompiledPath` and `font_metrics_provider` be added to enable.api

[rahulporuri]

CompiledPath and font_metrics_provider aren't available via enable.api at the moment and I don't see a good reason why it shouldn't be. There are a few places in chaco which do from enable.compiled_path import CompiledPath and from enable.font_metrics_provider import font_metrics_provider.

Ref https://github.com/enthought/chaco/search?q=%22enable.compiled_path%22 and https://github.com/enthought/chaco/search?q=font_metrics_provider

[rahulporuri]

@jwiggins do you think it'll be a problem if we force toolkit selection if anyone imports anything from enable.api?

[jwiggins]

enable.colors, which is imported from enable.api, is already forcing toolkit selection at import time.

[jwiggins]

As long as that was done deliberately (if it's even possible to find out now), then I think it's OK to add CompiledPath and font_metrics_provider

[rahulporuri]

As long as that was done deliberately (if it's even possible to find out now),

Sadly, this goes back all the way b3420c3 so we have no way of knowing if it was deliberate or not

[jwiggins]

Well in that case it's de facto OK.