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

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Monday 2009-02-09 17:55:29 +0100, Diego Biurrun encoded:
> On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 05:48:46PM +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> > On date Monday 2009-02-09 09:27:35 +0100, Stefano Sabatini encoded:
> > > 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.
> > 
> > OK to revert or there are better ideas?
> 
> If Art can live with the version bump I think reverting is not necessary.

It's not only Art, all other users could update and get compilation
broken.

Regards.
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