[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/3] lavu: Clarify relationship between AVClass, AVOption and context
Andrew Sayers
ffmpeg-devel at pileofstuff.org
Thu Apr 18 18:06:13 EEST 2024
---
libavutil/log.h | 11 ++++++++---
libavutil/opt.h | 7 ++++---
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libavutil/log.h b/libavutil/log.h
index ab7ceabe22..b5c739dab1 100644
--- a/libavutil/log.h
+++ b/libavutil/log.h
@@ -59,9 +59,14 @@ typedef enum {
struct AVOptionRanges;
/**
- * Describe the class of an AVClass context structure. That is an
- * arbitrary struct of which the first field is a pointer to an
- * AVClass struct (e.g. AVCodecContext, AVFormatContext etc.).
+ * Metadata about an arbitrary data structure
+ *
+ * A @ref context "context struct" whose first member is a pointer
+ * to an AVClass object is called an "AVClass context structure"
+ * (e.g. AVCodecContext, AVFormatContext etc.).
+ *
+ * AVClass is often combined with @ref avoptions "AVOptions" to create
+ * "AVOptions-enabled structs" that can be easily configured by users.
*/
typedef struct AVClass {
/**
diff --git a/libavutil/opt.h b/libavutil/opt.h
index e6013662f6..b817d15554 100644
--- a/libavutil/opt.h
+++ b/libavutil/opt.h
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@
* @defgroup avoptions AVOptions
* @ingroup lavu_data
* @{
- * AVOptions provide a generic system to declare options on arbitrary structs
- * ("objects"). An option can have a help text, a type and a range of possible
- * values. Options may then be enumerated, read and written to.
+ * Builds on AVClass, adding a generic system to declare options.
+ *
+ * An option can have a help text, a type and a range of possible values.
+ * Options may then be enumerated, read and written to.
*
* There are two modes of access to members of AVOption and its child structs.
* One is called 'native access', and refers to access from the code that
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2.43.0
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