[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Move poll() out of libavformat

[Ramiro Ribeiro Polla]

 wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>     
>>> Currently, for systems that lack poll(), an emulation is 
>>> implemented in 
>>> libavformat/os_support.c. I don't think it's a good idea to make 
>>> the 
>>> library export poll(), and since only ffserver.c uses it, I suggest 
>>> to 
>>> move it to ffserver.c
>>>       
>> Generally I don't like this, what if we'll use poll() in an other 
>> place?
>> Move it again?
>>
>>     
>
> We can also use a private name for it and #define poll ff_os_poll in 
> os_support.h
>
>   

Well, defining poll to ff_os_poll in a public header seems just as bad 
as exporting poll() in a lib. What about making ffserver use ff_os_poll 
instead of poll?

Ramiro Polla