Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] libavutil/avstring: av_match_list: Update API documentation

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On 22 Jan 2025, at 22:59, Alexander Strasser via ffmpeg-devel wrote:

> Since av_match_list was added in commit 0d92b0d5f445d4f2 , this
> function changed its semantics shortly after, especially with
> commit 3c0b98dced394da3 .
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Strasser <eclipse7@gmx.net>
> ---
>  libavutil/avstring.h | 18 +++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/libavutil/avstring.h b/libavutil/avstring.h
> index fc095349d2..133d021632 100644
> --- a/libavutil/avstring.h
> +++ b/libavutil/avstring.h
> @@ -409,9 +409,21 @@ int av_utf8_decode(int32_t *codep, const uint8_t **bufp, const uint8_t *buf_end,
>                     unsigned int flags);
>
>  /**
> - * Check if a name is in a list.
> - * @returns 0 if not found, or the 1 based index where it has been found in the
> - *            list.
> + * Check if one of the given names is in a list.
> + *
> + * Check if any of the names, given in parameter name, is found at least

You can use @p to refer to parameters, like: "given in @p name".

> + * once in the parameter list.
> + *
> + * In both parameters, multiple names must be separated by the character
> + * given in parameter separator.
> + *
> + * This is in line e.g. with the rule used for naming demuxers.
> + *
> + * @param name      Contains names searched for in list.
> + * @param list      List of names that is searched in.
> + * @param separator Character that separates items in the given lists.
> + *
> + * @returns 0 if no match was found, otherwise 1.
>   */
>  int av_match_list(const char *name, const char *list, char separator);
>

Looks good otherwise, thanks for clarifying the documentation!

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