[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH V6 4/6] lavu: add side data AV_FRAME_DATA_BOUNDING_BOXES

[Nicolas George]

Andreas Rheinhardt (12021-04-07):
> Why a backup implementation?

Because:

> And a generic alignment of (say) 8 can be used as a fallback.

I believe using a pointer to VLA is more elegant than reimplementing the
compiler's feature using _Alignof and clumsy arithmetic, but it is
eventually for whoever writes it to decide.

Also, assuming the alignment is the same as the size is rather a safe
assumption for elementary types.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George
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