On Sun, 15 May 2016 05:05:49 +0200, Trent Reed wrote: > > Hey All, > > Just wondering what the reasoning is behind snd_pcm_writen not having > a constant variable for bufs. To me, this doesn't make sense. Does > snd_pcm_writen make any alterations to bufs? I would expect one of the > following declaration: > > // Better, but doesn't promise that the API won't change the channel pointers. > snd_pcm_sframes_t snd_pcm_writen(snd_pcm_t* pcm, const void** bufs, > snd_pcm_uframes_t size); > // Best, promises ALSA won't change channel pointers, wont change > underlying data. > snd_pcm_sframes_t snd_pcm_writen(snd_pcm_t* pcm, const void*const* > bufs, snd_pcm_uframes_t size); > > For now, is it safe to assume that snd_pcm_writen() doesn't alter any > of the data in bufs passed into it? Any chance on seeing this patched > or is there some reason for this? We never thought of modifying the data inside the writen API function. The lack of const is merely the laziness. Takashi _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
