Quoting Martin Storsjö (2014-10-22 13:03:10)
> On platform where no monotonic clock is available, the difference
> between the two av_gettime functions is not clear, and one could
> mistakenly use the relative clock where an absolute one is
> required. Therefore add an offset, to make it evident that the
> time returned from av_gettime_relative never is actual current
> real time, even though it is based on av_gettime.
> ---
> Should the doxy for the function be changed? Previously it says
> 
>     If a monotonic clock is not available on the targeted platform, the
>     implementation falls back on using av_gettime().
> 
> Technically it still falls back on av_gettime(), but it obviously
> won't return similar values.

Perhaps something like "The returned values may not be monotonic on
platforms where a monotonic clock is not available"
without mentioning the details of the fallback at all?

Also, should this not be squashed into the first patch?

-- 
Anton Khirnov
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