[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Cleaner parity checking code in mlp_parser.c

[The Wanderer]

Ramiro Polla wrote:

> Ramiro Polla wrote:

>> Then what about your original idea on that thread? A -1 in there
>> already helps a bit in understanding the code is not only dealing
>> with substream headers.
> 
> And here's a patch for the Ministry of English Composition to clarify
>  the comment about the code.

> -        // First nibble of a frame is a parity check of the first few nibbles.
> +        /* The first nibble of a frame is a parity check of the 4-byte
> +         * access unit header and all the 2 or 4 byte substream headers. */

This has both "4-byte" (hyphenated) and "2 or 4 byte" (non-hyphenated);
that should be made consistent, either by saying "4 byte" or "2- or
4-byte". I am of the school of thought which says that the latter is
more correct, but given Diego's past decisions on hyphenation he may
well disagree.

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