# HG changeset patch
# User reimar
# Date 1250014891 0
# Node ID 85bea9f80e8633c7af65b8deec923500988c9688
# Parent  290afe64ba96e51539f5b5a79f0fa4a1329a9cd8
Explain how formats must be ordered in fmt_list so the parser can handle
names where one matches the beginning of another.

diff -r 290afe64ba96 -r 85bea9f80e86 codec-cfg.c
--- a/codec-cfg.c	Tue Aug 11 18:15:21 2009 +0000
+++ b/codec-cfg.c	Tue Aug 11 18:21:31 2009 +0000
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@
 	        const char *name;
 	        const unsigned int num;
 	} fmt_table[] = {
+		// note: due to parser deficiencies/simplicity, if one format
+		// name matches the beginning of another, the longer one _must_
+		// come first in this list.
 		{"YV12",  IMGFMT_YV12},
 		{"I420",  IMGFMT_I420},
 		{"IYUV",  IMGFMT_IYUV},