[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH/RFC] Constify src in av_fifo_generic_write()

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:50:03AM +0100, Tomas H?rdin wrote:
> Good morning
> 
> This is a rather simple patch that merely makes av_fifo_generic_write()
> take const void *src instead of just void *src. It causes no warnings
> and regression tests pass.
> 
> The reason is simple: guarantee the user that the function does not
> modify src.
> 
> One small issue though: this necessitated changing func to int(*)(const
> void*,void*,int), which is OK for all code within FFmpeg. However, this
> seems to count as a minor API change since g++ (and gcc I presume) won't
> allow implicitly casting int(*)(void*,void*,int) to int(*)(const
> void*,void*,int). I presume that part requires a bit of discussion,
> which is why I marked this thread "RFC".
> 
> Patch attached.

ive added a comment explaining why src cannot be const as you are at
least the 2nd person trying to introduce this bug

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