On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 10:12:02AM +0100, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> Quoting Diego Biurrun (2016-11-14 10:03:43)
> > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 09:20:12AM +0100, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> > > Quoting Diego Biurrun (2016-11-14 09:05:33)
> > > > Fixes a number of warnings of the type
> > > > libavutil/hmac.c:61:21: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer 
> > > > type
> > > 
> > > No, this does not "fix" anything. It hides real warnings caused by real
> > > problems. I really wish you stopped fixing warnings and perhaps fixed
> > > the bugs that cause those warnings instead.
> > 
> > Interestingly, this patch is from Kostya. I'm open to your suggestion
> > of the "real fix".
> 
> What does it matter who is it from? It is wrong. The compiler prints a
> warning because you're calling a function using a wrong signature
> (signed int vs unsigned). Strictly speaking, this is UB. The only thing
> this patch does is shut up the warning, but the problem is still there -
> you are still calling a function using a wrong signature.

No, the signed vs. unsigned thing is not the issue and does not affect the
warning(s).

Diego
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