On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 03:24:50PM +0300, Andriy Lysnevych wrote:
> > Anyway, example how this change can break:
> >
> > typedef struct AVPacket AVPacket;
> >
> > AVPacket *av_packet_clone_old(AVPacket *src);
> > AVPacket *av_packet_clone_new(const AVPacket *src);
> >
> > AVPacket *(*unsuspecting_api_user)(AVPacket *src);
> >
> > void set(void)
> > {
> > unsuspecting_api_user = av_packet_clone_old;
> >
> > unsuspecting_api_user = av_packet_clone_new;
> > }
> >
>
> You are right. But is this the only example how this change breakes
> compatibility? I don't think many (if any) C++ projects use
> av_packet_clone this way. Also this incompatibility is very easy to
> fix in any project.i remember there was one project that used libavcodec through placing all functions as pointers in a struct or something. i think the const should just be added under appropriate #if version its the "proper" way to do it and the #if ill get dropped after the version is bumped [...] -- Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. -- Voltaire
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