[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] extern "C" usage

[Alex Beregszaszi]

Hi,

> >> > > I agree strongly with emoving them but I suspect this is
> >> > > controversial. C++ users do not like being reminded that using C
> >> > > libraries is a form of FFI and not native C++
> >> >
> >> > But we never cared about C++ users, did we?  If I'm mistaken, and we
> >> > do, it's about time we stopped.  I propose using a few C++ keywords
> >> > like new or class in the headers too.  That should teach them.
> >>
> >> besides the "BOFH because we can" attitude what would we gain by
> >> adding new and class with the intent to break C++ applications?
> >
> > C++ applications are already broken with the usage of INT64_C macro.
> 
> Not true.  All they have to do is #define some senselessly long macro
> before #including stdint.h.

__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS

Maybe I should write a simple FAQ/howto entry using ffmpeg in c
++/visualc? Anyone not capable enough to care with C from C++ code
should be helped with doing some quirks on our side (like the extern).
This just creates confusion.

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Alex Beregszaszi