[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/2] lavu/dict: Add new flag to allow multiple equal keys.

Thilo Borgmann thilo.borgmann at mail.de
Fri Mar 25 17:48:27 CET 2016


Am 22.03.16 um 12:20 schrieb Thilo Borgmann:
> Am 22.03.16 um 11:45 schrieb wm4:
>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 21:00:23 +0100
>> Thilo Borgmann <thilo.borgmann at mail.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Am 13.03.16 um 15:08 schrieb wm4:
>>>> On Sat, 12 Mar 2016 15:13:21 +0100
>>>> Thilo Borgmann <thilo.borgmann at mail.de> wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>> From a1d9ce388c69eabb256e6b351c2acd36d7f4076e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>>>> From: Thilo Borgmann <thilo.borgmann at mail.de>
>>>>> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 14:52:17 +0100
>>>>> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] lavu/dict: Add new flag to allow multiple equal keys.
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  libavutil/dict.c | 5 ++++-
>>>>>  libavutil/dict.h | 5 +++--
>>>>>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/libavutil/dict.c b/libavutil/dict.c
>>>>> index 8bb65a1..70c0184 100644
>>>>> --- a/libavutil/dict.c
>>>>> +++ b/libavutil/dict.c
>>>>> @@ -70,9 +70,12 @@ int av_dict_set(AVDictionary **pm, const char *key, const char *value,
>>>>>                  int flags)
>>>>>  {
>>>>>      AVDictionary *m = *pm;
>>>>> -    AVDictionaryEntry *tag = av_dict_get(m, key, NULL, flags);
>>>>> +    AVDictionaryEntry *tag = NULL;
>>>>>      char *oldval = NULL, *copy_key = NULL, *copy_value = NULL;
>>>>>  
>>>>> +    if (!(flags & AV_DICT_MULTIKEY)) {
>>>>> +        tag = av_dict_get(m, key, NULL, flags);
>>>>> +    }
>>>>>      if (flags & AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_KEY)
>>>>>          copy_key = (void *)key;
>>>>>      else
>>>>> diff --git a/libavutil/dict.h b/libavutil/dict.h
>>>>> index b0aa784..c589bcd 100644
>>>>> --- a/libavutil/dict.h
>>>>> +++ b/libavutil/dict.h
>>>>> @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
>>>>>  #define AV_DICT_DONT_OVERWRITE 16   ///< Don't overwrite existing entries.
>>>>>  #define AV_DICT_APPEND         32   /**< If the entry already exists, append to it.  Note that no
>>>>>                                        delimiter is added, the strings are simply concatenated. */
>>>>> +#define AV_DICT_MULTIKEY       64   /**< Allow to store several equal keys in the dictionary */
>>>>>  
>>>>>  typedef struct AVDictionaryEntry {
>>>>>      char *key;
>>>>> @@ -118,8 +119,8 @@ int av_dict_count(const AVDictionary *m);
>>>>>   *
>>>>>   * @param pm pointer to a pointer to a dictionary struct. If *pm is NULL
>>>>>   * a dictionary struct is allocated and put in *pm.
>>>>> - * @param key entry key to add to *pm (will be av_strduped depending on flags)
>>>>> - * @param value entry value to add to *pm (will be av_strduped depending on flags).
>>>>> + * @param key entry key to add to *pm (will either be av_strduped or added as a new key depending on flags)
>>>>> + * @param value entry value to add to *pm (will be av_strduped or added as a new key depending on flags).
>>>>>   *        Passing a NULL value will cause an existing entry to be deleted.
>>>>>   * @return >= 0 on success otherwise an error code <0
>>>>>   */  
>>>>
>>>> Changing the semantics of AVDictionary just like this seems rather
>>>> questionable...  
>>>
>>> It changes nothing for existing code, just adds a new feature. I don't
>>> think it hurts anyone or anything...
>>
>> It only breaks basic assumptions about a basic data type...
> 
> Although I don't share your thought about breaking a basic data type with that,
> what would you suggest instead?

Pushed for no further suggestions and nobody else objected.

-Thilo



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