diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 7372268..5ac6a8e 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
-
 syntax:glob
+.DS_Store
+.git
+.gitignore
 *.[568ao]
-_obj
+*.ao
+*.so
+*.pyc
+._*
+.nfs.*
 [568a].out
+*~
 *.orig
+core
+_obj
 _test
+out.png
+_testmain.go
 
 syntax: regexp
-\.dll$
\ No newline at end of file
+\.dll$
+^.*/core.[0-9]*$
diff --git a/draw2d/curve/Makefile b/draw2d/curve/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3743daf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/draw2d/curve/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+include $(GOROOT)/src/Make.inc
+
+TARG=draw2d.googlecode.com/hg/draw2d/curve
+GOFILES=\
+	curve_float64.go\
+
+include $(GOROOT)/src/Make.pkg
diff --git a/draw2d/curve/curve_float64.go b/draw2d/curve/curve_float64.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c34c3ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/draw2d/curve/curve_float64.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+// Copyright 2010 The draw2d Authors. All rights reserved.
+// created: 17/05/2011 by Laurent Le Goff
+package curve
+
+import (
+	"math"
+)
+
+var (
+	m_distance_tolerance float64 = 0.25
+)
+
+type CubicCurveFloat64 struct {
+	x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3, x4, y4 float64
+	segments                       []float64
+}
+
+func NewCubicCurveFloat64(x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3, x4, y4 float64) (*CubicCurveFloat64){
+	return &CubicCurveFloat64{x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3, x4, y4, make([]float64, 0, 2)}
+}
+
+func (c *CubicCurveFloat64) addPoint(x, y float64) {
+	c.segments = append(c.segments, x, y)
+}
+
+func (c *CubicCurveFloat64) Subdivide() (c1, c2 *CubicCurveFloat64) {
+	// Calculate all the mid-points of the line segments
+	//----------------------
+	x12 := (c.x1 + c.x2) / 2
+	y12 := (c.y1 + c.y2) / 2
+	x23 := (c.x2 + c.x3) / 2
+	y23 := (c.y2 + c.y3) / 2
+	x34 := (c.x3 + c.x4) / 2
+	y34 := (c.y3 + c.y4) / 2
+	x123 := (x12 + x23) / 2
+	y123 := (y12 + y23) / 2
+	x234 := (x23 + x34) / 2
+	y234 := (y23 + y34) / 2
+	x1234 := (x123 + x234) / 2
+	y1234 := (y123 + y234) / 2
+	c1 = &CubicCurveFloat64{c.x1, c.y1, x12, y12, x123, y123, x1234, y1234, c.segments}
+	c2 = &CubicCurveFloat64{x1234, y1234, x234, y234, x34, y34, c.x4, c.y4, c.segments}
+	return
+}
+
+// subdivide the curve in straight lines using Casteljau subdivision 
+// and computing minimal distance tolerance
+func (c *CubicCurveFloat64) SegmentCasteljau() []float64{
+	// reinit segments
+	c.segments = make([]float64, 0, 2)
+	c.addPoint(c.x1, c.y1)
+	c.segmentCasteljauRec()
+	c.addPoint(c.x4, c.y4)
+	return c.segments
+}
+
+func (c *CubicCurveFloat64) segmentCasteljauRec() {
+
+	c1, c2 := c.Subdivide()
+
+	// Try to approximate the full cubic curve by a single straight line
+	//------------------
+	dx := c.x4 - c.x1
+	dy := c.y4 - c.y1
+
+	d2 := math.Fabs(((c.x2-c.x4)*dy - (c.y2-c.y4)*dx))
+	d3 := math.Fabs(((c.x3-c.x4)*dy - (c.y3-c.y4)*dx))
+
+	if (d2+d3)*(d2+d3) < m_distance_tolerance*(dx*dx+dy*dy) {
+		c.addPoint(c2.x1, c2.y1)
+		return
+	} else {
+		// Continue subdivision
+		//----------------------
+		c1.segmentCasteljauRec()
+		c2.segments = c1.segments 
+		c2.segmentCasteljauRec()
+		c.segments = c2.segments 
+	}
+}
diff --git a/draw2d/curve/curve_test.go b/draw2d/curve/curve_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..787f51b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/draw2d/curve/curve_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package curve
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"log"
+)
+
+
+var (
+	cf64Test1 = NewCubicCurveFloat64(100, 100, 200, 100, 100, 200, 200, 200)
+)
+
+func BenchmarkCubicCurveCasteljauTest1(b *testing.B) {
+	var s []float64
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+        s = cf64Test1.SegmentCasteljau()
+    }
+	log.Printf("Num of points: %d\n", len(s));
+}
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