"Ronald S. Bultje" <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Diego Biurrun <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:53:04PM +0100, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>>> Diego Biurrun <[email protected]> writes:
>>> > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:45:10PM +0100, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>>> >> Diego Biurrun <[email protected]> writes:
>>> >> > Also drop the now unnecessary ff_h264_ prefix from its name.
>>> >> > ---
>>> >> >
>>> >> > --- a/libavcodec/h264.c
>>> >> > +++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
>>> >> > @@ -4559,7 +4559,7 @@ av_cold void ff_h264_free_context(H264Context *h)
>>> >> >
>>> >> > -av_cold int ff_h264_decode_end(AVCodecContext *avctx)
>>> >> > +static av_cold int decode_end(AVCodecContext *avctx)
>>> >>
>>> >> Please keep the h264 prefix on the name.  Having somewhat unique
>>> >> function names helps if they show up in a stack trace or someone wants
>>> >> to set a debugger breakpoint.
>>> >
>>> > The problem is that we don't do this consistently anywhere, much less
>>> > in this file.  Keeping the prefix on a single function looks like an
>>> > exercise in futility to me.
>>>
>>> Two wrongs do not make a right.  Nor do three wrongs, nor 500 wrongs.
>>> Even if you only get one lone right, that's still better than none at all.
>>
>> Two rants don't make a call for action. :)
>>
>> I've sent an updated patch already, but if you guys are going to insist
>> on this, I would expect mentioning this topic in reviews, a documentation
>> update for the new formats checklist and an attempt to fix this throughout
>> the codebase.
>
> I vote in favour of all of that.

+1

Now doing any of this should not be a prerequisite for getting this
single instance right.

-- 
Måns Rullgård
[email protected]
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