Quoting Thilo Borgmann via ffmpeg-devel (2023-12-14 11:34:11)
> Am 14.12.23 um 06:23 schrieb Anton Khirnov:
> > Quoting Thilo Borgmann via ffmpeg-devel (2023-12-13 19:17:04)
> >> Am 13.12.23 um 17:28 schrieb Anton Khirnov:
> >>> It is bad practice to design library features around the needs and
> >>> limitations of a single specific caller.
> >>
> >> The callers here would be the CLI and this filter.
> >
> > First, public APIs should be designed for general classes of use cases,
> > not specific callers.
>
> Parsing a "...{var0}...{varN}..." string for its variables appears quite
> generic to me.
> IMO, especially for libavutil, you think a bit too ideological here.
You're not parsing generic variables though, but a predefined list of
highly specific ones.
> A) How about putting it under avpriv_ then?
1) fftools are not allowed to use avpriv functions.
2) It does not solve any of the problems I pointed out.
> B) Not filibustering
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/filibuster
2. (US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant
speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a
decision by, a legislative body,
Are you seriously calling my comments irrelevant stalling?
> about lib design, nor contradictory support of
> this patch, but use a fixed format. IMHO just sad
> for the user
This is an appeal to emotion along the lines of "THINK OF THE CHILDREN".
It is a fallacious argument that has no place in a technical discussion.
--
Anton Khirnov
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