On Sat, 8 Aug 2020, at 19:57, Nicolas George wrote: > +@item > +If the code contains tables of numbers or other data, their origin should be > +documented in a comment, so that other developers can rebuild them if > +necessary.
I would add "as honestly as possible" after documented... or something like that, explaining that there are cases that canno be documented. >+ If they were taken from a reference, include the URL of that "from a doc/reference, name it, with section information, if applicable". > +reference. If they were computed by a tool, include the code of the tool. include it wehere? > +If they were reverse-engineered, include an honest attempt at explaining the > +methods used. That is not even always possible. And sometimes you don't want to say how you got that table. If a table is a math function, sure, it's doable,but if it is a decryption key, it is random... Best, -- Jean-Baptiste Kempf - President +33 672 704 734 _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
