[Ffmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Remove "bufsize" OptionDef option

[The Wanderer]

Panagiotis Issaris wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On zo, 2006-09-17 at 07:19 +0300, Uoti Urpala wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 2006-09-16 at 23:58 +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>> 
>>> after thinking about this a little id suggest
>>> 123E3 = 123 * 10^3 and 123P10 = 123 * 2^10 notation, this is also
>>> almost supported by strtod
>>> this would free KBM* which we could either drop or leave it at
>>> the SI units
>> 
>> IMO 5M / 5Mi is easier to use than 5E6 / 5P20.
> 
> I'd have to agree with that.

But it also involves capitulating to the attempt to change the meaning
of terminology, in the name of decreased imprecision. I'm normally all
for being precise (ambiguity is one of my big bugaboos), but I find
'kibi' (etc.) to be simply abhorrent.

As far as I'm concerned, K/k/kilo as a prefix means 1024 when dealing
with binary data of any type, and 1000 otherwise - period. (The
equivalent is naturally true of the corresponding greater prefixes. The
capitalization either is irrelevant, or indicates whether we're dealing
with bytes or with bits.) Any software which enforces a different
meaning is one I'm going to find highly irritating to use and be less
favorably inclined towards than I might be - and, by virtue of the fact
that I don't like feeling upset and resentful about things I can't do
anything about, one I'm not going to want to even *think* about more
than I can readily avoid.

As an almost complete non-contributor to FFmpeg, my opinion is of course
almost entirely irrelevant for the moment. It exists nonetheless, and
I've been biting my tongue reading this discussion long enough.

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       The Wanderer

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