[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] lsws/swscale.h: introduce sws_get_gaussian_vec

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Friday 2023-09-01 17:50:56 +0200, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> Quoting Stefano Sabatini (2023-08-31 17:06:06)
> > On date Saturday 2023-08-26 17:15:36 +0200, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> > > Quoting Stefano Sabatini (2023-08-26 14:23:28)
> > > > Use in place of sws_getGaussianVec.
> > > > 
> > > > The new function enable better log handling, and provide better naming
> > > > for the variance variable, now named standard_deviation to reflect the
> > > > meaning of the parameter.
> > > 
> > 
> > > Logging to NULL does not seem like an improvement to me.
> > 
> > Adding the log_ctx.
> > 
> > > Renaming a function parameter does not require an API break.
> > 
> > The main point was improving the naming of the variable, but while at
> > it I'm also adding the logging context and providing a return code to
> > specify an error failure, and moving to snake_case convention which is
> > the one used by the new API additions.
> 
> As I already said above - function parameter names in a prototype are
> purely cosmetic and have no effect on anything besides doxygen. You can
> change them at will and even remove them entirely without breaking API
> or ABI.
> 

> The other reasons do not strike me as strong enough to warrant an API
> break.

I disagree on this: the function is probably only used internally and
by libavfilter, and the migration is trivial enough so should cause no
disruption anyway.