inT32 C_BLOB::area() { //area
C_OUTLINE *outline; //current outline
C_OUTLINE_IT it = &outlines; //outlines of blob
inT32 total; //total area
total = 0;
for (it.mark_cycle_pt (); !it.cycled_list (); it.forward ()) {
outline = it.data ();
total += outline->area ();
}
return total;
}
