createSimilarSurface

Create a new Cairo surface that is as compatible as possible with the given @surface.

For example the new surface will have the same fallback resolution and font options as @surface. Generally, the new surface will also use the same backend as @surface, unless that is not possible for some reason. The type of the returned surface may be examined with cairo_surface_get_type().

Initially the surface contents are all 0 (transparent if contents have transparency, black otherwise.)

This function always returns a valid pointer, but it will return a pointer to a “nil” surface if @other is already in an error state or any other error occurs.

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