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diff --git a/libavutil/dict.h b/libavutil/dict.h
index e4aee27ca3..9b3381b828 100644
--- a/libavutil/dict.h
+++ b/libavutil/dict.h
@@ -1,30 +1,40 @@
/*
*
- * This file is part of Libav.
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
*
- * Libav is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
- * Libav is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with Libav; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
/**
* @file
* Public dictionary API.
+ * @deprecated
+ * AVDictionary is provided for compatibility with libav. It is both in
+ * implementation as well as API inefficient. It does not scale and is
+ * extremely slow with large dictionaries.
+ * It is recommended that new code uses our tree container from tree.c/h
+ * where applicable, which uses AVL trees to achieve O(log n) performance.
*/
#ifndef AVUTIL_DICT_H
#define AVUTIL_DICT_H
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "version.h"
+
/**
* @addtogroup lavu_dict AVDictionary
* @ingroup lavu_data
@@ -58,12 +68,13 @@
*
*/
-#define AV_DICT_MATCH_CASE 1
-#define AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX 2
+#define AV_DICT_MATCH_CASE 1 /**< Only get an entry with exact-case key match. Only relevant in av_dict_get(). */
+#define AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX 2 /**< Return first entry in a dictionary whose first part corresponds to the search key,
+ ignoring the suffix of the found key string. Only relevant in av_dict_get(). */
#define AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_KEY 4 /**< Take ownership of a key that's been
- allocated with av_malloc() and children. */
+ allocated with av_malloc() or another memory allocation function. */
#define AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_VAL 8 /**< Take ownership of a value that's been
- allocated with av_malloc() and chilren. */
+ allocated with av_malloc() or another memory allocation function. */
#define AV_DICT_DONT_OVERWRITE 16 ///< Don't overwrite existing entries.
#define AV_DICT_APPEND 32 /**< If the entry already exists, append to it. Note that no
delimiter is added, the strings are simply concatenated. */
@@ -78,12 +89,19 @@ typedef struct AVDictionary AVDictionary;
/**
* Get a dictionary entry with matching key.
*
+ * The returned entry key or value must not be changed, or it will
+ * cause undefined behavior.
+ *
+ * To iterate through all the dictionary entries, you can set the matching key
+ * to the null string "" and set the AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX flag.
+ *
* @param prev Set to the previous matching element to find the next.
* If set to NULL the first matching element is returned.
- * @param flags Allows case as well as suffix-insensitive comparisons.
- * @return Found entry or NULL, changing key or value leads to undefined behavior.
+ * @param key matching key
+ * @param flags a collection of AV_DICT_* flags controlling how the entry is retrieved
+ * @return found entry or NULL in case no matching entry was found in the dictionary
*/
-AVDictionaryEntry *av_dict_get(const AVDictionary *m, const char *key,
+AVDictionaryEntry *av_dict_get(FF_CONST_AVUTIL53 AVDictionary *m, const char *key,
const AVDictionaryEntry *prev, int flags);
/**
@@ -97,6 +115,9 @@ int av_dict_count(const AVDictionary *m);
/**
* Set the given entry in *pm, overwriting an existing entry.
*
+ * Note: If AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_KEY or AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_VAL is set,
+ * these arguments will be freed on error.
+ *
* @param pm pointer to a pointer to a dictionary struct. If *pm is NULL
* a dictionary struct is allocated and put in *pm.
* @param key entry key to add to *pm (will be av_strduped depending on flags)
@@ -107,7 +128,18 @@ int av_dict_count(const AVDictionary *m);
int av_dict_set(AVDictionary **pm, const char *key, const char *value, int flags);
/**
- * Parse the key/value pairs list and add to a dictionary.
+ * Convenience wrapper for av_dict_set that converts the value to a string
+ * and stores it.
+ *
+ * Note: If AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_KEY is set, key will be freed on error.
+ */
+int av_dict_set_int(AVDictionary **pm, const char *key, int64_t value, int flags);
+
+/**
+ * Parse the key/value pairs list and add the parsed entries to a dictionary.
+ *
+ * In case of failure, all the successfully set entries are stored in
+ * *pm. You may need to manually free the created dictionary.
*
* @param key_val_sep a 0-terminated list of characters used to separate
* key from value
@@ -131,7 +163,7 @@ int av_dict_parse_string(AVDictionary **pm, const char *str,
* @param flags flags to use when setting entries in *dst
* @note metadata is read using the AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX flag
*/
-void av_dict_copy(AVDictionary **dst, const AVDictionary *src, int flags);
+void av_dict_copy(AVDictionary **dst, FF_CONST_AVUTIL53 AVDictionary *src, int flags);
/**
* Free all the memory allocated for an AVDictionary struct