Uses and returns the fractional width in text eliding

ui/gfx/font.h

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #ifndef UI_GFX_FONT_H_
 #define UI_GFX_FONT_H_
 
 #include <string>
 
 #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
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   // Returns the number of vertical pixels needed to display characters from
   // the specified font.  This may include some leading, i.e. height may be
   // greater than just ascent + descent.  Specifically, the Windows and Mac
   // implementations include leading and the Linux one does not.  This may
   // need to be revisited in the future.
   int GetHeight() const;
 
   // Returns the baseline, or ascent, of the font.
   int GetBaseline() const;
 
-  // Returns the average character width for the font.
-  int GetAverageCharacterWidth() const;
+  // Returns the pixel width for the font.

[msw, 2013/10/01 19:14:53]

nit: revert this comment change or update it to "// Returns the pixel width of
an average character for the font."

[jianli, 2013/10/01 21:34:28]

Done.

+  float GetAverageCharacterWidth() const;
 
-  // Returns the number of horizontal pixels needed to display the specified
-  // string.
-  int GetStringWidth(const base::string16& text) const;
+  // Returns the pixel width needed to display the specified string.
+  float GetStringWidth(const base::string16& text) const;
 
-  // Returns the expected number of horizontal pixels needed to display the
-  // specified length of characters. Call GetStringWidth() to retrieve the
-  // actual number.
-  int GetExpectedTextWidth(int length) const;
+  // Returns the expected pixel width needed to display the specified length of
+  // characters. Call GetStringWidth() to retrieve the actual number.
+  float GetExpectedTextWidth(int length) const;
 
   // Returns the style of the font.
   int GetStyle() const;
 
   // Returns the font name in UTF-8.
   std::string GetFontName() const;
 
   // Returns the font size in pixels.
   int GetFontSize() const;
 
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   PlatformFont* platform_font() const { return platform_font_.get(); }
 
  private:
   // Wrapped platform font implementation.
   scoped_refptr<PlatformFont> platform_font_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace gfx
 
 #endif  // UI_GFX_FONT_H_