Re: [FFmpeg-devel] AVWriter API

2020-01-14 Thread Nicolas George
Hi. Thanks for looking into it with an open mind. Hendrik Leppkes (12020-01-12): > While this argument sounds sensible on the surface, I can't help but > wonder if it really makes sense. > Sure, some returned strings may be able to be wrapped straight into > whatever structure they use. But what

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] AVWriter API

2020-01-12 Thread Hendrik Leppkes
On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 5:45 PM Josh de Kock wrote: > > > Hi, > > I have very little time to work on FFmpeg lately but this thread caught > my interest. > > Nicolas George writes: > > Anton Khirnov (12020-01-07): > >> And most importantly - strings are simple. Every C programmer (worth the > >>

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] AVWriter API

2020-01-12 Thread Josh de Kock
Hi, I have very little time to work on FFmpeg lately but this thread caught my interest. Nicolas George writes: > Anton Khirnov (12020-01-07): >> And most importantly - strings are simple. Every C programmer (worth the >> name) understands strings. But now you'd be forcing every API user to >>

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] AVWriter API

2020-01-12 Thread Nicolas George
Anton Khirnov (12020-01-07): > Replying to this thread, since it contains the motivation. Thanks. > And most importantly - strings are simple. Every C programmer (worth the > name) understands strings. But now you'd be forcing every API user to > understand and remember this new API. I'll reply

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] AVWriter API

2020-01-07 Thread Anton Khirnov
Replying to this thread, since it contains the motivation. Quoting Nicolas George (2019-12-08 15:25:43) > Hi. > > [ TL;DR: a lightweight oo API for functions that need to return a > string, designed to be as convenient as possible. ] TL;DR: sorry, I do not like this. It seems to me you are

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] AVWriter API

2019-12-21 Thread Nicolas George
Paul B Mahol (12019-12-21): > I doubt that is very good idea or conclusion. If you have technical or practical thoughts about my proposal, please share them in reply to the first message. -- Nicolas George ___ ffmpeg-devel mailing list

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] AVWriter API

2019-12-21 Thread Paul B Mahol
On 12/21/19, Nicolas George wrote: > Nicolas George (12019-12-08): >> [ TL;DR: a lightweight oo API for functions that need to return a >> string, designed to be as convenient as possible. ] > > Judging on the lack of reaction to this mail, there seems to be no > strong feeling against this. I

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] AVWriter API

2019-12-21 Thread Nicolas George
Nicolas George (12019-12-08): > [ TL;DR: a lightweight oo API for functions that need to return a > string, designed to be as convenient as possible. ] Judging on the lack of reaction to this mail, there seems to be no strong feeling against this. I therefore intend to move ahead. Regards, --

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] AVWriter API

2019-12-16 Thread Nicolas George
Nicolas George (12019-12-08): > [ TL;DR: a lightweight oo API for functions that need to return a > string, designed to be as convenient as possible. ] Ping? Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ ffmpeg-devel

[FFmpeg-devel] AVWriter API

2019-12-08 Thread Nicolas George
Hi. [ TL;DR: a lightweight oo API for functions that need to return a string, designed to be as convenient as possible. ] Yesterday, in my comments about the new channel layout API: https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2019-December/254020.html I evoked the following issue: We have many