[vlc-devel] [PATCH 07/19] picture: allow NULL gc callback

[Steve Lhomme]

On 2020-07-30 17:52, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> Le torstaina 30. heinäkuuta 2020, 15.16.48 EEST Steve Lhomme a écrit :
>> No need to use a dummy one if we don't have to.
> 
> One could equally say that there are no needs to test for NULL if we don't
> have to. I don't see the benefit of this patch unless the goal is to remove the
> callback completely.

Removing the callback is one of the goals. Initializing pictures with no 
picture_gc_t at all is another, bigger benefit. In a lot of cases the 
allocation and deletion is done outside of the picture. We don't need 
boilerplate code doing nothing just to please the API quirks.