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[Impeller] libImpeller: Prefer out arguments over struct returns in the C API. #168393

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[Impeller] libImpeller: Prefer out arguments over struct returns in the C API.#168393
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@chinmaygarde
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opened on May 6, 2025

Feedback is that automatic WASM and Rust bindings are easier to author when structs are returned via out arguments.

So far, only ImpellerGlyphInfoGetGraphemeClusterBounds and ImpellerParagraphGetWordBoundary use this pattern.

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