[Ffmpeg-devel] BlackFin lowlevel pixel operations PATCH

[Måns Rullgård]

Michael Niedermayer said:
> Hi
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 07:30:49AM -0400, Marc Hoffman wrote:
>> M?ns Rullg?rd writes:
>>  >
>>  > Marc Hoffman said:
>>  > > Thanks I will rename to ff_ actually all my routines will get that
>>  > > based on your suggestion.
>>  >
>>  > Symbols with static linkage can be named anything you like outside the
>> reserved
>>  > namespace (starting with _).  Anything with extern linkage needs a prefix to
>>  > avoid clashes with other libraries.
>>
>> Does this mean that I could just name them something like
>>
>>   bfin_
>>
>> which I would prefer so:
>>
>>   routine_bfin
>>
>> would become
>>
>>   bfin_routine
>
> does that prevent name clashes? that is do we have control over all
> bfin_* code (all code written for bfin) so as to prevent someone else
> from writing a bfin_routine() ?
>
> or do we rather have control over al ffmpeg code so that most ff_* is
> likely under our control and we can prevent namespace clashes ...

I would suggesting using ff_bfin_ as prefix for all bfin related symbols
with extern linkage in ffmpeg.

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M?ns Rullg?rd
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