[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/2] Rename log2/exp2 replacements ff_log2/ff_exp2

[Alex Converse]

2010/1/12 M?ns Rullg?rd <mans at mansr.com>:
> Alex Converse <alex.converse at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 2010/1/12 M?ns Rullg?rd <mans at mansr.com>
>>>
>>> "Ronald S. Bultje" <rsbultje at gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Mans Rullgard <mans at mansr.com> wrote:
>>> >> This avoids conflicts with system headers on broken platforms.
>>> >
>>> > I don't think this is right, you're essentially duplicating system
>>> > functions for the sake of broken systems, but you do so even on
>>> > non-broken ones.
>>>
>>> No, I'm not.
>>>
>>> > I like Vitor's approach better...
>>>
>>> I have the feeling that *any* attempt to provide replacements with the
>>> real names will break in some way or other.
>>
>> At a certain point I think you let people who run broken platforms
>> work together to contribute a fix that doesn't negatively impact
>> platforms that made a reasonable effort to implement a standard
>> library that is from the 1990s.
>
> You and I both know that's not going to happen. ?We have two options:
> 1) drop support for those broken platforms, or 2) work around the
> problems ourselves.
>

I argue that what I propose is the same as 1.