[Flac-dev] stream_encoder metadata callback

[Josh Coalson]

--- Joshua Haberman <jhaberman at ups.edu> wrote:
> Thanks for the quick response on the C++ thing.
> 
> It would also be nice if the host program could correctly write the
> STREAMINFO block in the stream encoder metadata callback without
> having
> to know the specifics of the header format (or worry about
> endianness).
> How exactly to achieve this might take some thought, but what about
> this
> idea:
> 
> 1. The correct way to respond to the metadata callback:
>    i.  If this is a seekable stream, seek to the beginning and return
>        FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_METADATA_OK (or something).
>    ii. If this is not a seekable stream, return
>        FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_METADATA_NOT_SEEKABLE
> 2. If the callback indicated that the stream is seekable, FLAC calls
>    the write callback again, writing 'fLaC' and the STREAMINFO block
> (and
>    any seek tables as well).
> 
> What do you think?

hmm, interesting idea, let me mull this one over.

> P.S. I don't think I've ever read any code that so shamelessly
> refuses
>      to break at 80 chars. :-) Do you have certain settings in your
>      editor that makes code formatted this way more readable?

yeah, at some point in my coding life I realized you either
have three choices: 1) huffman-encode variable names; 2)
artificially break at 80 chars; or 3) pretend everyone's
terminal is infinitely wide.  #3 seems to have the least
negative consequences, but most people still choose #1 or #2.

if you pick #1, anyone who reads your code has to either
find your dictionary in the comments or discover it with
archaeology because there are no comments.

if you pick #2 you will always violently offend at least
one person's coding standards and they will reformat all
your code at the first opportunity.

if you pick #3 you can usually have more self-explanatory
code and still stay within 160 characteres *most* of the
time.  with current displays and editors it doesn't seem
too demanding.

Josh


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