[FFmpeg-cvslog] r12241 - trunk/libavformat/mov.c

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 01:35:29PM +0100, Baptiste Coudurier wrote:
> Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 12:52:54PM +0100, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> >> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 12:33:08PM +0100, Baptiste Coudurier wrote:
> >>> Now Im curious, considering mov layout and libavformat mechanisms, what
> >>> would you expect to leak or read, besides what the user application is
> >>> allowed to read anyway (url_fopen suceeds), and what would be different
> >>> than garbage from a genuine self-contained file.
> >> Do you really not get the point?
> > 
> > Or alternatively, am I the only one who sees any of these points as really
> > _critical_? I am sorry if I annoy you because I am completely at odds
> > with your opinions, but to me this kind of behaviour feels just as bad
> > as any buffer overflow, and I can't help that it is considered a feature
> > just drives me crazy.
> 
> The problem is that you don't see any use of this feature, and fail to
> understand why it is useful, but you should first read specs of 'alis'
> and Alias Record functionnality.

Usefulness as an excuse for a horrible implementation? Reminds me of
ActiveX...