Remove libvlc_get_vlc_instance hack from libvlc

include/vlc/libvlc.h

@@ -234,20 +234,6 @@ VLC_PUBLIC_API const char * libvlc_get_changeset(void);
 
 struct vlc_object_t;
 
-/**
- * Get the internal main VLC object.
- * Use of this function is usually a hack and should be avoided.
- * @note
- * You will need to link with libvlccore to make any use of the underlying VLC
- * object. The libvlccore programming and binary interfaces are not stable.
- * @warning
- * Remember to release the object with vlc_object_release().
- *
- * \param p_instance the libvlc instance
- * @return a VLC object of type "libvlc"
- */
-VLC_PUBLIC_API struct vlc_object_t *libvlc_get_vlc_instance(libvlc_instance_t *p_instance);
-
 /**
  * Frees an heap allocation (char *) returned by a LibVLC API.
  * If you know you're using the same underlying C run-time as the LibVLC

src/control/core.c

@@ -194,13 +194,6 @@ const char * libvlc_get_changeset(void)
     return psz_vlc_changeset;
 }
 
-/* export internal libvlc_instance for ugly hacks with libvlccore */
-vlc_object_t *libvlc_get_vlc_instance( libvlc_instance_t* p_instance )
-{
-    vlc_object_hold( p_instance->p_libvlc_int ) ;
-    return (vlc_object_t*) p_instance->p_libvlc_int ;
-}
-
 void libvlc_free( void *ptr )
 {
     free( ptr );

src/libvlc.sym

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ libvlc_get_fullscreen
 libvlc_get_input_thread
 libvlc_get_log_verbosity
 libvlc_get_version
-libvlc_get_vlc_instance
 libvlc_log_clear
 libvlc_log_close
 libvlc_log_count