[vlc-devel] [RFC] Regarding the use of *_Control()

Pierre d'Herbemont pdherbemont at free.fr
Mon Apr 14 13:36:27 CEST 2008


I should reread my mail before sending.

On Apr 14, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Pierre d'Herbemont wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am wondering why *_Control() type functions are used a lot in VLC.
+s
> I do understand that to do subclassing, and to add new functionality
> to Control() function without breaking the ABI is quite easy.

Should have been "I do understand, that it's easier to use _*Control()  
functions to do function subclassing. Also it's quite easy to add a  
new handler without breaking the ABI."

Sorry for the extra clarifications.

Pierre.



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