[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] configure: remove -Werror=vla

Derek Buitenhuis derek.buitenhuis at gmail.com
Wed Apr 7 18:31:51 EEST 2021


On 07/04/2021 16:29, Derek Buitenhuis wrote:
> I must have missed the discussion as it may be hidden in another thread.
> 
> A reference would be good for those of us who have not read every single email
> that has ever come into this mailing list.
> 
> My 2 cents anyway is that VLA use on the stack is bad practice, same as alloca.
> Maybe that's 'controversial'.

Sorry, misread - but I struggle to understand where pointers to VLA are considered
not bad practice either.

- Derek


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