[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] remove lrintf fallback implementation

[Benjamin Larsson]

Hi.

Diego Biurrun wrote:
> However, I think this is the wrong approach.  If you are going to
> implement llrint(), do it in Cygwin, not in FFmpeg.  It is the right
> place to fix the issue instead of working around it and will give you
> better karma by helping many other projects, not just FFmpeg.
> 
> See this thread I started on the Cygwin mailing list (and ignore the
> flamage):
> 
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin/92561
> 
> All you have to do is add llrint() to newlib, Cygwin will pick it up
> from there.  Alternatively you can wait for the next gcc upgrade in
> Cygwin, which will reportedly carry along llrint().
> 
> All in all I am against this patch.  We should be removing
> platform-specific workarounds, not adding more of them.  If you cannot
> wait for this to get fixed by the gcc upgrade, address the problem in
> the right place, i.e. patch Cygwin, not FFmpeg.
> 
> Diego

If I never see another mail complaining about missing llrint and a
broken patch which try to implement it I'm actually in favour of this patch.

MvH
Benjamin Larsson