[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v3] lavu/opt: Clarify the scope of AVOptions

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 08:30:28AM +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote:
> See discussion on the mailing list:
> https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2024-April/326054.html
> ---
>  libavutil/opt.h | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/libavutil/opt.h b/libavutil/opt.h
> index e6013662f6..6cf2b39a63 100644
> --- a/libavutil/opt.h
> +++ b/libavutil/opt.h
> @@ -53,6 +53,16 @@
>   * question is allowed to access the field. This allows us to extend the
>   * semantics of those fields without breaking API compatibility.
>   *
> + * @section avoptions_scope Scope of AVOptions
> + *
> + * AVOptions is designed to support any set of multimedia configuration options
> + * that can be defined at compile-time.  Although it is mainly used to expose
> + * FFmpeg options, you are welcome to adapt it to your own use case.
> + *
> + * No single approach can ever fully solve the problem of configuration,
> + * but please submit a patch if you believe you have found a problem
> + * that is best solved by extending AVOptions.
> + *
>   * @section avoptions_implement Implementing AVOptions
>   * This section describes how to add AVOptions capabilities to a struct.
>   *

will apply

thx

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