[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 0/2] first steps to resolving float to int undefined behavior

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi,

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Ganesh Ajjanagadde <gajjanag at mit.edu>
wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Ronald S. Bultje <rsbultje at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 8:20 PM, Ganesh Ajjanagadde <gajjanag at mit.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 7:59 PM, Ronald S. Bultje <rsbultje at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> - I think the name of this function is confusing. The av_clip* namespace
> >> > seems reserved for int to int clips, so using it for a float to int
> >> > conversion with clip is kind of weird. I would use a different
> namespace
> >> > for it.
> >>
> >> Mathematically, it is the same as clipping, albeit "lossy", but then
> >> again all clipping is by nature "lossy" on inputs outside the clipping
> >> range, hence the choice of name. Any ideas for a namespace for this?
> >>
> >
> > Clip is the namespace for _just_ a clip. This function converts _and_
> > clips. How about av_rint64_clip.
>
> I like this name, thanks. Also, please tell me what to do about
> version bumps etc, so that I can get this done for v2.


I'm not sure actually.

I believe for new API you increment minor (see libavutil/version.h) by 1
and reset micro to 0. You bump major on API changes, and you bump micro for
behavioural changes (?).

Ronald