[Ffmpeg-devel] [bug] raw.c link failure on ff_ac3_parse_header

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 12:58:42AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 01:10:06PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 11:22:51AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 09:53:18AM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> > > > Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm thinking that it might be cleaner to move ff_ac3_parse_header out of
> > > > > ac3.c and into parser.c where the other parse functions are.  This would
> > > > > save some #ifdefs in ac3.c.
> > > > 
> > > > I'm undecided on the location of these things.  In a way I like to
> > > > keep everything relating to a particular codec together, especially
> > > > when the decoder uses the same functions.  OTOH keeping the parser
> > > > code in one place has its virtues.
> > > 
> > > Here's an alternative patch that moves the code.  It's slightly more
> > > intrusive since it has to move code around, but it adds only one #ifdef.
> > > 
> > > I think I prefer this version.
> > 
> > iam against moving ac3 related code from ac3 related files to parser.c
> 
> But parser.c already contains code related to several other codecs like
> MPEG-4 and AAC, MP2, MP3, AC3.  The rest of the AC3 parsing code is
> there.  Also, without even more #ifdefs, when you need just this one
> function, you have to link all of ac3.o into libavcodec.
> 
> The first patch adds 4 #ifdef conditionals, the second just one and to a
> file that already has quite a few.  My vote goes to this variant.

my vote goes to putting all the parsing code in <codec>_parser.c

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