[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 4/7] avcodec/codec_internal: Use union for FFCodec decode/encode callbacks

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 12:49:55AM +0200, Andreas Rheinhardt wrote:
> This is possible, because every given FFCodec has to implement
> exactly one of these. Doing so decreases sizeof(FFCodec) and
> therefore decreases the size of the binary.
> Notice that in case of position-independent code the decrease
> is in .data.rel.ro, so that this translates to decreased
> memory consumption.

by how much did the space requirement decrease ?
iam asking because while a single such change isnt a issue
if we accumulate alot of this in the API, the API may become
actually hard to understand by new developers

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thx

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