[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] GET_RL_VLC can hide function parameters

[Erik Hovland]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:15:22AM +0300, Ivan Kalvachev wrote:
> On 7/22/08, Erik Hovland <erik at hovland.org> wrote:
> > The function parameter named 'n' is pretty popular in libavcodec. The
> > macro GET_RL_VLC also uses 'n'. That means that the parameter is hidden
> > w/in that macro. If the name of that int is changed to length, then the
> > parameter is never hidden.
> >
> > Functions that get their 'n' hidden by that macro:
> > ff_msmpeg4_decode_block
> > mpeg2_fast_decode_block_non_intra
> > mpeg2_decode_block_intra
> > mpeg2_decode_block_non_intra
> > mpeg1_fast_decode_block_inter
> > mpeg1_decode_block_inter
> > mpeg1_decode_block_intra
> 
> In the math it is quite common to say stuff like "From first to the
> n-th member". The "n" is just short of "number" and e.g. in the very
> same function it is used together with nb_bits.
> More over we, have level and now length, 2 different variables that
> start with "le" have approximately same number of characters, this
> could actually make function harder to read as you'd need a little bit
> more awareness to distinguish the variable names. If you really insist
> on the change, then use the
> same name as it is in the structure "len".
> 
> I hope your next patch would not be replacing each "i" with "index" ;)

If i hid function parameters, then my next patch might just do that.

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