[vlc-devel] [PATCH 1/5] modules: module_list_cap sort list using the name argument

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le mercredi 03 juin 2015, 17:35:41 Thomas Guillem a écrit :
> This avoid to iterate in the list for each shortcuts from the name argument
> since the list is already sorted with them.

to avoid -ing
to iterate (|through) smth
to sort (according to|into)

> This will also allow to extend the vlc_module_load function in order to load
> a module coming just after an other one.

I don´t understand that sentence, nor do I understand the code.

Optimization of the module list is definitely possible, e.g. by pre-indexing 
the list by capability at load time. But I don´t see how this relates to 
decoder fallback.

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