[vlc-devel] [PATCH] src/input/stream.c: improve documentation somewhat

Rafaël Carré funman at videolan.org
Fri Feb 3 19:22:35 CET 2012


Le 2012-02-03 10:05, Frédéric Yhuel a écrit :
> ---
>  src/input/stream.c |   15 ++++++++++-----
>  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/input/stream.c b/src/input/stream.c
> index 0c938fb..54d8ca8 100644
> --- a/src/input/stream.c
> +++ b/src/input/stream.c
> @@ -1863,9 +1863,11 @@ static int ASeek( stream_t *s, uint64_t i_pos )
>  
>  /**
>   * Try to read "i_read" bytes into a buffer pointed by "p_read".  If
> - * "p_read" is NULL then data are skipped instead of read.  The return
> - * value is the real numbers of bytes read/skip. If this value is less
> + * "p_read" is NULL then data are skipped instead of read.
> + * \return The real number of bytes read/skip. If this value is less
>   * than i_read that means that it's the end of the stream.
> + * \note stream_Read increments the stream position, and when p_read is NULL,
> + * this is its only task.
>   */
>  int stream_Read( stream_t *s, void *p_read, int i_read )
>  {
> @@ -1874,12 +1876,15 @@ int stream_Read( stream_t *s, void *p_read, int i_read )
>  
>  /**
>   * Store in pp_peek a pointer to the next "i_peek" bytes in the stream
> - * \return The real numbers of valid bytes, if it's less
> + * \return The real number of valid bytes. If it's less
>   * or equal to 0, *pp_peek is invalid.
>   * \note pp_peek is a pointer to internal buffer and it will be invalid as
>   * soons as other stream_* functions are called.
> - * \note Due to input limitation, it could be less than i_peek without meaning
> - * the end of the stream (but only when you have i_peek >=
> + * \note Contrary to stream_Read, stream_Peek doesn't modify the stream
> + * position, and doesn't necessarily involve copying of data. It's mainly
> + * used by the modules to quickly probe the (head of the) stream.
> + * \note Due to input limitation, the return value could be less than i_peek
> + * without meaning the end of the stream (but only when you have i_peek >=
>   * p_input->i_bufsize)
>   */
>  int stream_Peek( stream_t *s, const uint8_t **pp_peek, int i_peek )

looks good to me



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