Remove vlc_symbols - refs #297.

Maintaining an API with this was pretty much impossible. 

Makefile.am

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	README.MacOSX.rtf \
 	bootstrap \
 	toolbox \
-	vlc-api.pl \
 	vlc-config.in.in \
 	vlc.fedora.spec \
 	vlc.mandriva.spec \
@@ -1029,7 +1028,7 @@ update-po:
 	  echo "" ; \
 	  echo "# main sources" ; \
 	  find include src -name '*.[chm]' -o -name '*.[ch]pp' \
-	    | grep -v '\(vlc_symbols\|misc/modules_\|src/misc/revision.c\|modules/builtin.h\)' \
+	    | grep -v '\(misc/modules_\|src/misc/revision.c\|modules/builtin.h\)' \
 	    | sort ; \
 	  echo "" ; \
 	  echo "# modules" ; \
@@ -1058,7 +1057,7 @@ stamp-builtin: FORCE
 ###############################################################################
 # Enforce Mac OS X deployment target environment variable
 ###############################################################################
-macosx-sdk: Makefile.in $(HEADERS_include) vlc-config vlc-api.pl
+macosx-sdk: Makefile.in $(HEADERS_include) vlc-config
 	export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=$(MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)
 
 ###############################################################################

include/vlc_common.h

@@ -1016,7 +1016,6 @@ static inline void _SetQWBE( uint8_t *p, uint64_t i_qw )
     VLC_INTERNAL( void, vlc_seekdir, ( void *, long ) );
     VLC_INTERNAL( long, vlc_telldir, ( void * ) );
 #else
-    struct dirent;  /* forward declaration for vlc_symbols.h */
 #   if !defined(__PLUGIN__)
 #       define vlc_opendir  NULL
 #       define vlc_readdir  NULL
@@ -1222,12 +1221,6 @@ VLC_EXPORT( const char *, VLC_Changeset, ( void ) );
 /*****************************************************************************
  * Additional vlc stuff
  *****************************************************************************/
-#ifndef HAVE_SHARED_LIBVLC
-#   ifdef HAVE_DIRENT_H
-#   include <dirent.h>  /* for DIR typedef in vlc_symbols.h */
-#   endif
-#   include "vlc_symbols.h"
-#endif
 #include "vlc_os_specific.h"
 #include "vlc_messages.h"
 #include "vlc_variables.h"

vlc-api.pl

-#!/usr/bin/perl
-#*****************************************************************************
-#* vlc-api.pl: VLC API maintenance script
-#*****************************************************************************
-#* Copyright (C) 2005 the VideoLAN team
-#* $Id$
-#*
-#* Authors: Rémi Denis-Courmont <rem # videolan.org>
-#*
-#* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-#* (at your option) any later version.
-#*
-#* This program 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 General Public License for more details.
-#*
-#* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-#* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
-#*****************************************************************************/
-
-use IO::Handle;
-use strict;
-
-my $srcdir = $ENV{'top_srcdir'};
-
-#
-# Reads to-be exported APIs
-#
-my %new_APIs;
-my $new_sym = IO::Handle->new();
-
-while (<STDIN>)
-{
-	if (/VLC_EXPORT\(\s*(\w.*\S)\s*,\s*(\w*)\s*,\s*\(\s*(\w.*\S)\s*\)\s*\)[^)]*$/)
-	{
-		$new_APIs{$2} = [ ( $1, $3 ) ];
-	} 
-}
-
-#
-# Write header's header
-#
-open $new_sym, '> vlc_symbols.h.new' or die "vlc_symbols.h.new: $!\n";
-print { $new_sym }
-	"/*\n".
-	" * This file is automatically generated. DO NOT EDIT!\n".
-	" * You can force an update with \"make stamp-api\".\n".
-	" */\n".
-	"\n".
-	"#ifndef __VLC_SYMBOLS_H\n".
-	"# define __VLC_SYMBOLS_H\n".
-	"\n".
-	"# ifdef HAVE_SHARED_LIBVLC\n".
-	"#  error You are not supposed to include this file!\n".
-	"# endif\n".
-	"/*\n".
-	" * This is the big VLC API structure for plugins :\n".
-	" * Changing its layout breaks plugin's binary compatibility,\n".
-	" * so DO NOT DO THAT.\n".
-	" * In case of conflict with SVN, add your uncommited APIs\n".
-	" * at the *end* of the structure so they don't mess the other's\n".
-	" * offset in the structure.\n".
-	" */\n".
-	"struct module_symbols_t\n".
-	"{\n";
-
-my $changes = 0;
-
-#
-# Compares new APIs with currently exported APIs
-#
-my @API;
-my @deprecated_API;
-my $parse = 0;
-
-my $oldfd = IO::Handle->new();
-open $oldfd, "< $srcdir/include/vlc_symbols.h";
-
-while (<$oldfd>)
-{
-	if (/^struct module_symbols_t/)
-	{
-		$parse = 1;
-	}
-	elsif ($parse == 0)
-	{
-	}
-	elsif (/^    void \*(\w*)_deprecated;$/)
-	{
-		if (defined $new_APIs{$1})
-		{
-			print "[info] $1 was RESTORED!\n";
-			print { $new_sym }
-				"    ".$new_APIs{$1}[0]." (*$1_inner) (".$new_APIs{$1}[1].");\n";
-			delete $new_APIs{$1};
-			push (@API, $1);
-			$changes++;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			print { $new_sym } $_;
-			push (@deprecated_API, $1);
-		}
-	}
-	elsif (/^\s*(\w.*\S)\s*\(\*\s*(\w*)_inner\)\s*\(\s*(\w.*\S)\s*\)\s*;\s*$/)
-	{
-		if (!defined $new_APIs{$2})
-		{
-			print "[warn] $2 was REMOVED!\n";
-			print { $new_sym } "    void *$2_deprecated;\n";
-			push (@deprecated_API, $2);
-			$changes++;
-		}
-		elsif (($new_APIs{$2}[0] ne $1)
-		    || ($new_APIs{$2}[1] ne $3))
-		{
-			print
-				"[warn] $2 was CHANGED!\n".
-				"       Old argument(s) : \"$3\"\n".
-				"       New argument(s) : \"".$new_APIs{$2}[1]."\"\n".
-				"       Old return type : \"$1\"\n".
-				"       New return type : \"".$new_APIs{$2}[0]."\"\n";
-
-			print { $new_sym }
-				"    ".$new_APIs{$2}[0]." (*$2_inner) (".$new_APIs{$2}[1].");\n";
-			delete $new_APIs{$2};
-			push (@API, $2);
-			$changes++;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			print { $new_sym } "    $1 (*$2_inner) ($3);\n";
-			push (@API, $2);
-			delete $new_APIs{$2};
-		}
-	}
-}
-close $oldfd;
-
-#
-# Adds brand-new APIs
-#
-foreach (keys %new_APIs)
-{
-	print "[info] $_ was ADDED!\n";
-	print { $new_sym }
-		"    ".$new_APIs{$_}[0]." (*${_}_inner) (".$new_APIs{$_}[1].");\n";
-	push (@API, $_);
-	$changes++;
-}
-
-#
-# Writes #defines
-#
-print { $new_sym }
-	"};\n".
-	"# if defined (__PLUGIN__)\n";
-
-foreach (@API)
-{
-	print { $new_sym } "#  define $_ (p_symbols)->${_}_inner\n";
-}
-
-print { $new_sym }
-	"# elif defined (HAVE_DYNAMIC_PLUGINS) && !defined (__BUILTIN__)\n".
-	"/******************************************************************\n".
-	" * STORE_SYMBOLS: store VLC APIs into p_symbols for plugin access.\n".
-	" ******************************************************************/\n".
-	"#  define STORE_SYMBOLS( p_symbols ) \\\n";
-
-foreach (@API)
-{
-	print { $new_sym } "    ((p_symbols)->${_}_inner) = $_; \\\n";
-}
-foreach (@deprecated_API)
-{
-	print { $new_sym } "    (p_symbols)->${_}_deprecated = NULL; \\\n";
-}
-
-print { $new_sym }
-	"\n".
-	"# endif /* __PLUGIN__ */\n".
-	"#endif /* __VLC_SYMBOLS_H */\n";
-close $new_sym;
-
-#
-# Replace headers if needed
-#
-if ($changes != 0)
-{
-	rename 'vlc_symbols.h.new', "$srcdir/include/vlc_symbols.h";
-	print "$changes API(s) changed.\n";
-}
-else
-{
-	unlink 'vlc_symbols.h.new';
-}