> On Aug 3, 2020, at 5:54 PM, Nicolas George <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nicolas George (12020-07-31): >> Something like this would be acceptable: >> >> /* Reverse-engineered by encoding various files with the reference >> encoder. */ >> >> Reluctance to give this little information is baffling to me. > > Can other developers give their input on this? > > Is it acceptable or too much to require at least short comments like > these ones before tables of numbers in the source code? > > /* Copied from https://oeis.org/A000055 */ > > /* Computed with =IF(MOD(A1;2)=0;A1/2;3*A1+1) */ > > /* Adjusted to match decoding of samples/$dir/*.xxx with screenshots > from the game. */ > > They are IMHO necessary to let other people learn from the source code, > which is the difference between Libre Software and non-Libre Software. > They may probably be useful for the author themself if they come back > much later.
Agree. And I like it extends to approximation/non-standard algorithms, although it'd hard to define "non-standard". > > Regards, > > -- > Nicolas George > > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe". _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list [email protected] https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe".
