[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] remove AltiVec vector declaration syntax macros

[compn]

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:12:12 +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
>The topic braces vs. parentheses in AltiVec vector declaration syntax
>came up again recently.  AFAIU the conclusion was that complicating the
>code with macros to hide compiler idiosyncracies was no longer worth it.
>
>So here is a patch that simplifies the code and gets rid of those
>macros.
>
>The only compiler that is negatively affected is Apple gcc 3.3 (and
>possibly earlier versions).  This compiler is used on Mac OS X 10.3,
>but gcc 4.0 is available as alternative there.

i got a report from a user that ps3 gcc 4.1.2 also has problems
with current altivec macros.

i didnt know that ps3 haad altivec... but there you go.
can anyone verify?

-compn