[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] silence a warning in stream_dvd.c

Diego Biurrun diego at biurrun.de
Mon Aug 2 16:08:44 CEST 2010


On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 11:53:07PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 06:59:25PM +0200, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 06:53:20PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > This patch casts a strtol argument to silence the warning:
> > > 
> > > stream/stream_dvd.c:98: warning: passing argument 2 of 'strtol' from incompatible pointer type
> > > 
> > > Nico wants me to send a patch first - any objections or better
> > > suggestions?
> > 
> > Not sure about better, it is a bit far on the obfuscation side, but
> > below is possible:
> > --- stream/stream_dvd.c (revision 31876)
> > +++ stream/stream_dvd.c (working copy)
> > @@ -93,7 +93,9 @@
> >    dvd_chapter = 1;
> >    dvd_last_chapter = 0;
> >    if(*range && isdigit(*range)) {
> > -    dvd_chapter = strtol(range, &s, 10);
> > +    char *end;
> > +    dvd_chapter = strtol(range, &end, 10);
> > +    s += end - s;
> 
> OK, I understand what this does now, but I agree it's a tad bit
> obfuscated.  I prefer the cast or keeping the warning.  With the
> cast the intention of working around the warning is quite clear.
> With your assignment I would keep wondering why it's done that
> way...

IOW, I prefer the cast.  Reimar, do you mind me applying it?

Diego


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