[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2] lavu/opt: Clarify that AVOptions is not indended for general use

[Andrew Sayers]

On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 12:04:34PM +0200, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> Quoting Andrew Sayers (2024-04-23 11:51:00)
> > On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 11:21:27AM +0200, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> > > > lavu/opt: Clarify that AVOptions is not indended for general use
> > > 
> > > They _are_ intended for general use though.
> > 
> > In that case I'm confused...
> > 
> > Let's say I make a desktop app to transcode videos.  Obviously I would use
> > AVOptions to display configuration options for different encoders.  And it's
> > possible to create AVOptions objects for my UI.  But how strongly is that use
> > case recommended?
> > 
> > To provide a particularly difficult example - let's say I want to let the user
> > choose between interface themes, and I want to show both some text and a
> > picture of the theme.  AVOption doesn't include a "text + picture" option,
> > so how would I extend it to meet my needs?
> 
> If they fit your use case, then use them, otherwise don't - that's true
> for pretty much all APIs we provide.

Ah ok, so how about if I changed "intended" to "optimized" in the subject?