[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] a couple of warning fixes in qt decoder and encoder

[Dominik Mierzejewski]

On Thursday, 19 December 2002, Arpi wrote:
> Hi,
[snip - Component defined as pointer to struct in QT SDK] 
> qtx sdk always suprises me, its typedefs are so dummy & silly.

LOL :-)

> > So the question is, what are we printing here? prev's address or contents?
> 
> please understand, prev is NOT and address. it's a component ID value,
> usually 0x8300xx, it's constructed by component_class<<16 + component
> serial number. if you try to dereferece it you'll get sig11 of course.
> the qt component code splits it to class number, selects the right component
> table based on it and then index teh tabel with the compoennt serial number.
> i can copypaste the disasmed code for you if interested.
> 
> even if it's defined as pointer by the silly sdk, it is NOT pointer.
> maybe it is on MacOS, but not on x86.

OK, you're the guru here. :->
That explanation is more than enough for me. Thanks.

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