[FFmpeg-devel] remove int readers

Michael Niedermayer michaelni
Thu Jun 14 10:18:32 CEST 2007


Hi

On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 09:59:32AM +0200, Reimar Doeffinger wrote:
> Hello,
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 08:21:08AM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> > "Ronald S. Bultje" <rsbultje at gmail.com> writes:
> > > On 6/14/07, mark cox <melbournemark+ffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> -    seq  = (buf[2] << 8) | buf[3];
> > >> +    seq  = AV_RB16(buf + 2);
> > >>
> > >> Why have you changed all the indexes from [] to +. [] are preferred
> > >> because they avoid compiler warnings and are easier to read IMHO.
> > >
> > > Consistency with the rest of the code. I prefer &buf[2] also, but I try to
> > > conform to what's already there.
> > 
> > &buf[2] is IMO far harder to read than buf + 2, and it's ugly to
> > boot.
> 
> I don't think we will ever get a common opinion on this, I usually prefer
> &buf[2] syntax and find buf + 2 ugly ;-)

i am on mans side this time :)
also +2 is 2 chars &[2] is 4 so its simpler ;)

anyway, we should be carefull to seperating such bikeshed issues from real
clear readability issues, i dont want ffmpeg to become known for rejecting
patches because of such style issues ...

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