Tomas Härdin (12023-12-20): > I'm not even sure what this is trying to say, but every line of code > carries with it a non-zero maintenance burden Sure, if you want. But for some parts of FFmpeg, like the one we are discussing, the maintenance burden is so small that we wasted ten time as much energy having this discussion. I congratulate you on an efficient use of developers resources. > Brag about your criminal enterprise and get busted by cops? You do not even know the classics? -- Nicolas George