[Ffmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Allow choosing display and screen number for x11grab device

Jeff Clagg snacky
Fri Dec 15 22:22:51 CET 2006


On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 07:05:30PM +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> Some people have such a fear for the goto keyword that they'll things
> like this:
> 
> do {
>     do_something;
>     if(some_error)
>         break;
>     do_some_more;
>     if(another_error)
>         break;
>     and_so_on;
> } while(0);
> 
> I guess one might call these folks hypocrites of sorts.  I've seen a
> lot of such code in Broadcom drivers.  No wonder they're reluctant to
> release source...

I'd bet it's a company policy. The programmers writing that code know
very well that it's silly.




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