Re: to be effcient or not to be efficient

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 15:03:34 +0100
Steve Lhomme <[email protected]> wrote:

> BTW, my point is that plain C structures are too simple to have good 
> backward/forward compatibility.

I know, but you can by smart use make them extensible.
All just a matter of programming ;)

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> Of course it depends if you prefer compatibility more (or less) than 
> speed. But as a communication means, it's more general. Then internaly 
> you are free to use structs directly. You just then have to convert the 
> data between the struct and the "EBML" data when you need communication.

The problem is, that you may not add the video data into the ebml messages
or you will just waste a lot of time packaging and unpackaging it.
But then, where is the sense of having such a system ?


			Attila Kinali


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