[FFmpeg-user] Rewriting 'fieldmatch' using the State Machine Method

[Rob Hallam]

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 at 00:14, Mark Filipak
<markfilipak.imdb-at-gmail.com at ffmpeg.org> wrote:
>
> On 11/06/2025 17.30, Rob Hallam wrote:
> > (another off-list reply, redirecting back to list- all included below
> > for context)
>
> Take note: Mr. Hallam is taking a private conversation and sending it to the list. Some consider
> that to be bad etiquette.

First and as an aside: Please call me Rob (preferably) or Rob Hallam,
not 'Mr Hallam'. Thank you.

What you wrote appeared to be a reply to the public discussion, and
since you hadn't requested that we change the public discussion to a
private one -- that request being something I consider good practice
and good etiquette -- I assumed you had emailed me erroneously.

If you considered what you wrote to be private then I am happy to
apologise for the assumption and for redirecting it to the list. Would
you like any further action taken?

> > On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 at 20:59, Mark Filipak <markfilipak.imdb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 11/06/2025 14.57, Rob Hallam wrote:
> > Yet you prefixed it with sanctimonious swipes again...
>
> Isn't 100% code coverage and provably correct code better?

Whether something is 'better' is both subjective [0] and irrelevant to
the issue: you made unnecessary and unkind remarks about FOSS coders;
the very folks writing ffmpeg and providing assistance with it. You
did this despite being called out on it earlier and acknowledging you
shouldn't have.

As you said: "I shouldn't have written it."; heed your own words.

> Sanctimonious? That's a laugh. You're the person who's chastising.

Yes, I chastise as it behoves you to not insult those you seek assistance from.

> I'm done with you, Mr. Hallam.

As you wish. My polite request above still stands.

Cheers,
Rob

[0]:  viz, subjects this will get drawn into:  - pros and cons of FSM
( / FSA / DFA)