On Tue, Aug 02, 2022 at 04:16:29PM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Am 02.08.22 um 15:58 schrieb Jani Nikula:
> > On Fri, 29 Jul 2022, Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech> wrote:
> > > Multiple drivers (meson, vc4) define the analog TV 525-lines and 625-lines
> > > modes in the drivers.
> > > 
> > > Since those modes are fairly standards, and that we'll need to use them in
> > > more places in the future, let's move the meson definition into the
> > > framework.
> > 
> > I think you should always expose interfaces, not data. Data is not an
> > interface, and I think this sets a bad example that will be cargo
> > culted.
> 
> Although I wrote the opposite wrt patch 8, I agree with Jani here when it
> comes to 'official' interfaces. The cases I've seen of exported data
> structures often lead to intransparent code.

Ack. The improvement Geert suggested would involve that change anyway,
so this should be fixed for the next iteration.

Maxime