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-rw-r--r--libavutil/common.h5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libavutil/common.h b/libavutil/common.h
index 9f0f998682..b1203ad5a2 100644
--- a/libavutil/common.h
+++ b/libavutil/common.h
@@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ static av_always_inline av_const int av_popcount64_c(uint64_t x)
* input, this could be *ptr++.
* @param ERROR Expression to be evaluated on invalid input,
* typically a goto statement.
+ *
+ * @warning ERROR should not contain a loop control statement which
+ * could interact with the internal while loop, and should force an
+ * exit from the macro code (e.g. through a goto or a return) in order
+ * to prevent undefined results.
*/
#define GET_UTF8(val, GET_BYTE, ERROR)\
val= GET_BYTE;\