[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/2] Deprecate av_opt_show() in favor of a new function av_opt_show2(), which allows to specify only a subset of all the options to show.

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Wednesday 2010-09-01 13:18:43 -0300, Ramiro Polla encoded:
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Stefano Sabatini
> <stefano.sabatini-lala at poste.it> wrote:
> > On date Wednesday 2010-09-01 17:53:32 +0200, Aurelien Jacobs encoded:
> >> On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 12:53:10AM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> >> > diff --git a/libavcodec/opt.c b/libavcodec/opt.c
> >> > index 128d95d..7c8a9c1 100644
> >> > --- a/libavcodec/opt.c
> >> > +++ b/libavcodec/opt.c
> >> > [...]
> >> >
> >> > +#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 53
> >>
> >> Please don't use LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR directly.
> >> Instead, define a FF_API_OPT_SHOW in avcodec.h.
> >
> > What's the advantage of such approach?
> 
> It has been discussed lately on the list. It's easier to
> enable/disable specific updates.

I have about 10000 mails in my ffmpeg-devel mailbox, please provide a
link or resume the explanation, in this case it looks to me just like
an useless complication.

Regards.
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