[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avcodec/extract_extradata: zero initialize the padding bytes of the exported extradata

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On Fri, 9 Mar 2018 13:31:45 -0300
James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 3/9/2018 12:47 PM, Derek Buitenhuis wrote:
> > On 3/9/2018 3:22 PM, James Almer wrote:  
> >> Yes, but it's slower, and the buffer is guaranteed to be written to with
> >> actual data after being allocated.
> >>
> >> This is a filter that may run once per processed packet, so the less
> >> overhead the better.  
> > 
> > Not sure I buy the "speed" argument here, but OK.
> > 
> > - Derek  
> 
> There's really nothing to win zeroing then immediately writing actual
> data on top of it.
> 

Except code clarity and robustness?