fix own regression [#36443] Vertex to UV index doesn't match with 2.68a

add BM_face_create_verts wrapper for BM_face_create which creates its own edge array.

source/blender/bmesh/intern/bmesh_core.c

@@ -369,6 +369,32 @@ BMFace *BM_face_create(BMesh *bm, BMVert **verts, BMEdge **edges, const int len,
 	return f;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Wrapper for #BM_face_create when you don't have an edge array
+ */
+BMFace *BM_face_create_verts(BMesh *bm, BMVert **vert_arr, const int len, const eBMCreateFlag create_flag,
+                             const bool create_edges)
+{
+	BMEdge **edge_arr = BLI_array_alloca(edge_arr, len);
+	int i, i_prev = len - 1;
+
+	if (create_edges) {
+		for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+			edge_arr[i_prev] = BM_edge_create(bm, vert_arr[i_prev], vert_arr[i], NULL, BM_CREATE_NO_DOUBLE);
+			i_prev = i;
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		edge_arr[i] = BM_edge_exists(vert_arr[i_prev], vert_arr[i]);
+		if (edge_arr[i] == NULL) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		i_prev = i;
+	}
+
+	return BM_face_create(bm, vert_arr, edge_arr, len, create_flag);
+}
+
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 
 /**

source/blender/bmesh/intern/bmesh_core.h

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ BMFace *BM_face_copy(BMesh *bm_dst, BMesh *bm_src, BMFace *f,
                      const bool copy_verts, const bool copy_edges);
 
 typedef enum eBMCreateFlag {
+	BM_CREATE_NOP = 0,
 	/* faces and edges only */
 	BM_CREATE_NO_DOUBLE = (1 << 1),
 	/* Skip CustomData - for all element types data,
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ typedef enum eBMCreateFlag {
 BMVert *BM_vert_create(BMesh *bm, const float co[3], const BMVert *example, const eBMCreateFlag create_flag);
 BMEdge *BM_edge_create(BMesh *bm, BMVert *v1, BMVert *v2, const BMEdge *example, const eBMCreateFlag create_flag);
 BMFace *BM_face_create(BMesh *bm, BMVert **verts, BMEdge **edges, const int len, const eBMCreateFlag create_flag);
+BMFace *BM_face_create_verts(BMesh *bm, BMVert **verts, const int len, const eBMCreateFlag create_flag,
+                             const bool create_edges);
 
 void    BM_face_edges_kill(BMesh *bm, BMFace *f);
 void    BM_face_verts_kill(BMesh *bm, BMFace *f);

source/blender/modifiers/intern/MOD_skin.c

@@ -933,7 +933,6 @@ static void add_poly(SkinOutput *so,
                      BMVert *v4)
 {
 	BMVert *verts[4] = {v1, v2, v3, v4};
-	BMEdge *edges[4];
 	BMFace *f;
 	
 	BLI_assert(v1 != v2 && v1 != v3 && v1 != v4);
@@ -941,18 +940,7 @@ static void add_poly(SkinOutput *so,
 	BLI_assert(v3 != v4);
 	BLI_assert(v1 && v2 && v3);
 
-	edges[0] = BM_edge_create(so->bm, v1, v2, NULL, BM_CREATE_NO_DOUBLE);
+	f = BM_face_create_verts(so->bm, verts, v4 ? 4 : 3, BM_CREATE_NO_DOUBLE, true);
-	edges[1] = BM_edge_create(so->bm, v2, v3, NULL, BM_CREATE_NO_DOUBLE);
-	if (v4) {
-		edges[2] = BM_edge_create(so->bm, v3, v4, NULL, BM_CREATE_NO_DOUBLE);
-		edges[3] = BM_edge_create(so->bm, v4, v1, NULL, BM_CREATE_NO_DOUBLE);
-	}
-	else {
-		edges[2] = BM_edge_create(so->bm, v3, v1, NULL, BM_CREATE_NO_DOUBLE);
-		edges[3] = NULL;
-	}
-
-	f = BM_face_create(so->bm, verts, edges, v4 ? 4 : 3, BM_CREATE_NO_DOUBLE);
 	if (so->smd->flag & MOD_SKIN_SMOOTH_SHADING)
 		BM_elem_flag_enable(f, BM_ELEM_SMOOTH);
 	f->mat_nr = so->mat_nr;

source/blender/python/bmesh/bmesh_py_types.c

@@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@ static PyObject *bpy_bmfaceseq_new(BPy_BMElemSeq *self, PyObject *args)
 		/* Go ahead and make the face!
 		 * --------------------------- */
 
-		f_new = BM_face_create_ngon_verts(bm, vert_array, vert_seq_len, 0, false, true);
+		f_new = BM_face_create_verts(bm, vert_array, vert_seq_len, BM_CREATE_NOP, true);
 
 		if (UNLIKELY(f_new == NULL)) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,