[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Explicitely declare {dst, src}Format sws_get*Context() params as enum PixelFormat

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Sunday 2009-02-08 21:48:25 -0800, Art Clarke encoded:
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Stefano Sabatini
> <stefano.sabatini-lala at poste.it> wrote:
> >> I wonder if I should bump micro/minor, maybe there are some
> >> compatibility issues with some compilers...
> >
> > Applied.
> 
> A little late now, but you should at least bump minor;  This breaks
> code for swscale users who previously passed in int values (like, oh,
> us).
> 
> We ran into the problem because we wanted to disguise the PixelFormat
> dependency in other objects and hence pass-around an opaque int; we
> just didn't cast it when passing back into SWSContext calls because we
> didn't have to (until this morning when our builds started breaking).
> 
> It's a simple fix in users' code, but I think it is an API change
> (yes, for the better, but a change none the less).

So we maybe should revert it, since it breaks compatibility. If
someone care feel free to do it, then I'll provide a backward
compatible change (#if version < ...) this night.

Sorry for the inconvenience, regards.
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