[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/4] lavu/float_dsp: add double-precision scalar product

[Alexander Strasser]

On 2024-06-02 13:30 +0300, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> Le sunnuntaina 2. kesäkuuta 2024, 13.04.05 EEST Alexander Strasser via ffmpeg-
> devel a écrit :
> > On 2024-05-29 18:51 +0300, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> > > Le keskiviikkona 29. toukokuuta 2024, 18.44.13 EEST Andreas Rheinhardt a
> > > écrit>
> > > > > +static double ff_scalarproduct_double_c(const double *v1,
> > > >
> > > > Don't use an ff_ prefix for a static function.
> > >
> > > I can see over 300 such identifiers in the code base (many but not all
> > > inline), and I don't see why that would be a problem.
> >
> > I agree that it's not a problem regarding on the functional side,
> > OTOH regarding coding conventions we try to consistently follow it's
> > misleading as the ff_ prefix indicates a bigger scope of sharing.
>
> Anybody can see the 'static' qualifier literally in front to see the function
> is not in a bigger scope of sharing. And if you do somehow miss and try to use
> the function, you will get a linker error.
>
> The only case where this *actually* matters is in debugging. And exactly then
> it is much better to use the ff_ prefix *because* all symbols, including local
> ones like this, end up sharing the namespace.

But not at the call site?


> > I think Andreas remark is correct and it would be better to not use ff_
> > prefix wrongly when adding new code.
>
> IMO, it is worse.

I tend to disagree here as it makes the meaning of the ff_ prefix arbitrary.

Anyway if you want to challenge this convention we are using since many years
in this code base, I suggest to do it in a separate discussion thread.


  Alexander