[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] remove AltiVec vector declaration syntax macros

[Diego Biurrun]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:00:17AM -0400, compn wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:12:12 +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> >The topic braces vs. parentheses in AltiVec vector declaration syntax
> >came up again recently.  AFAIU the conclusion was that complicating the
> >code with macros to hide compiler idiosyncracies was no longer worth it.
> >
> >So here is a patch that simplifies the code and gets rid of those
> >macros.
> >
> >The only compiler that is negatively affected is Apple gcc 3.3 (and
> >possibly earlier versions).  This compiler is used on Mac OS X 10.3,
> >but gcc 4.0 is available as alternative there.
> 
> i got a report from a user that ps3 gcc 4.1.2 also has problems
> with current altivec macros.

Does it work with my patch applied?

There is also issue 422 on roundup, which may or may not be related.

Diego