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Use var_Inherit* instead of var_CreateGet*.
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index 7872912b623da297c6c8329d1e3677fc67f1ed2b..b8dbae473ccc7f428c7f79a3ed9ff90fb2eae9aa 100644 (file)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * vlc_arrays.h : Arrays and data structures handling
  *****************************************************************************
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 the VideoLAN team
- * $Id: vlc_playlist.h 17108 2006-10-15 15:28:34Z zorglub $
+ * $Id$
  *
  * Authors: Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
  *          ClĂ©ment Stenac <zorglub@videolan.org>
  *
  * 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. *****************************************************************************/
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *****************************************************************************/
 
-#if !defined( __LIBVLC__ )
-  #error You are not libvlc or one of its plugins. You cannot include this file
-#endif
+#ifndef VLC_ARRAYS_H_
+#define VLC_ARRAYS_H_
 
-#ifndef _VLC_ARRAYS_H_
-#define _VLC_ARRAYS_H_
+/**
+ * \file
+ * This file defines functions, structures and macros for handling arrays in vlc
+ */
+
+/* realloc() that never fails *if* downsizing */
+static inline void *realloc_down( void *ptr, size_t size )
+{
+    void *ret = realloc( ptr, size );
+    return ret ? ret : ptr;
+}
 
 /**
  * Simple dynamic array handling. Array is realloced at each insert/removal
 #define INSERT_ELEM( p_ar, i_oldsize, i_pos, elem )                           \
     do                                                                        \
     {                                                                         \
-        if( !i_oldsize ) (p_ar) = NULL;                                       \
+        if( !(i_oldsize) ) (p_ar) = NULL;                                       \
         (p_ar) = VLCCVP realloc( p_ar, ((i_oldsize) + 1) * sizeof(*(p_ar)) ); \
+        if( !(p_ar) ) abort();                                                \
         if( (i_oldsize) - (i_pos) )                                           \
         {                                                                     \
             memmove( (p_ar) + (i_pos) + 1, (p_ar) + (i_pos),                  \
                      ((i_oldsize) - (i_pos)) * sizeof( *(p_ar) ) );           \
         }                                                                     \
-        (p_ar)[i_pos] = elem;                                                 \
+        (p_ar)[(i_pos)] = elem;                                                 \
         (i_oldsize)++;                                                        \
     }                                                                         \
     while( 0 )
 
-#define REMOVE_ELEM( p_ar, i_oldsize, i_pos )                                 \
+#define REMOVE_ELEM( p_ar, i_size, i_pos )                                    \
     do                                                                        \
     {                                                                         \
-        if( (i_oldsize) - (i_pos) - 1 )                                       \
+        if( (i_size) - (i_pos) - 1 )                                          \
         {                                                                     \
             memmove( (p_ar) + (i_pos),                                        \
                      (p_ar) + (i_pos) + 1,                                    \
-                     ((i_oldsize) - (i_pos) - 1) * sizeof( *(p_ar) ) );       \
-        }                                                                     \
-        if( i_oldsize > 1 )                                                   \
-        {                                                                     \
-            (p_ar) = realloc( p_ar, ((i_oldsize) - 1) * sizeof( *(p_ar) ) );  \
+                     ((i_size) - (i_pos) - 1) * sizeof( *(p_ar) ) );          \
         }                                                                     \
+        if( i_size > 1 )                                                      \
+            (p_ar) = realloc_down( p_ar, ((i_size) - 1) * sizeof( *(p_ar) ) );\
         else                                                                  \
         {                                                                     \
             free( p_ar );                                                     \
             (p_ar) = NULL;                                                    \
         }                                                                     \
-        (i_oldsize)--;                                                        \
+        (i_size)--;                                                           \
     }                                                                         \
     while( 0 )
 
-
-#define TAB_APPEND( count, tab, p )             \
+#define TAB_INIT( count, tab )                  \
+  do {                                          \
+    (count) = 0;                                \
+    (tab) = NULL;                               \
+  } while(0)
+
+#define TAB_CLEAN( count, tab )                 \
+  do {                                          \
+    free( tab );                                \
+    (count)= 0;                                 \
+    (tab)= NULL;                                \
+  } while(0)
+
+#define TAB_APPEND_CAST( cast, count, tab, p )             \
+  do {                                          \
     if( (count) > 0 )                           \
-    {                                           \
-        (tab) = realloc( tab, sizeof( void ** ) * ( (count) + 1 ) ); \
-    }                                           \
+        (tab) = cast realloc( tab, sizeof( void ** ) * ( (count) + 1 ) ); \
     else                                        \
-    {                                           \
-        (tab) = malloc( sizeof( void ** ) );    \
-    }                                           \
-    (tab)[count] = (p);        \
-    (count)++
+        (tab) = cast malloc( sizeof( void ** ) );    \
+    if( !(tab) ) abort();                       \
+    (tab)[count] = (p);                         \
+    (count)++;                                  \
+  } while(0)
+
+#define TAB_APPEND( count, tab, p )             \
+    TAB_APPEND_CAST( , count, tab, p )
+#define TAB_APPEND_CPP( type, count, tab, p )   \
+    TAB_APPEND_CAST( (type**), count, tab, p )
 
 #define TAB_FIND( count, tab, p, index )        \
-    {                                           \
+  do {                                          \
         int _i_;                                \
         (index) = -1;                           \
         for( _i_ = 0; _i_ < (count); _i_++ )    \
         {                                       \
-            if( (tab)[_i_] == (p) )  \
+            if( (tab)[_i_] == (p) )             \
             {                                   \
                 (index) = _i_;                  \
                 break;                          \
             }                                   \
         }                                       \
-    }
+  } while(0)
+
 
 #define TAB_REMOVE( count, tab, p )             \
-    {                                           \
+  do {                                          \
         int _i_index_;                          \
         TAB_FIND( count, tab, p, _i_index_ );   \
         if( _i_index_ >= 0 )                    \
         {                                       \
-            if( (count) > 1 )                     \
+            if( (count) > 1 )                   \
             {                                   \
                 memmove( ((void**)(tab) + _i_index_),    \
                          ((void**)(tab) + _i_index_+1),  \
                 (tab) = NULL;                   \
             }                                   \
         }                                       \
-    }
+  } while(0)
+
+#define TAB_INSERT_CAST( cast, count, tab, p, index ) do { \
+    if( (count) > 0 )                           \
+        (tab) = cast realloc( tab, sizeof( void ** ) * ( (count) + 1 ) ); \
+    else                                        \
+        (tab) = cast malloc( sizeof( void ** ) );       \
+    if( !(tab) ) abort();                       \
+    if( (count) - (index) > 0 )                 \
+        memmove( (void**)(tab) + (index) + 1,   \
+                 (void**)(tab) + (index),       \
+                 ((count) - (index)) * sizeof(*(tab)) );\
+    (tab)[(index)] = (p);                       \
+    (count)++;                                  \
+} while(0)
+
+#define TAB_INSERT( count, tab, p, index )      \
+    TAB_INSERT_CAST( , count, tab, p, index )
 
 /**
  * Binary search in a sorted array. The key must be comparable by < and >
  * \param key value of the key
  * \param answer index of answer within the array. -1 if not found
  */
-#define BSEARCH( entries, count, elem, zetype, key, answer ) {  \
+#define BSEARCH( entries, count, elem, zetype, key, answer ) \
+   do {  \
     int low = 0, high = count - 1;   \
     answer = -1; \
     while( low <= high ) {\
             answer = mid;  break;   \
         }\
     } \
-}
-
-/************************************************************************
- * Dictionaries
- ************************************************************************/
+ } while(0)
 
-/* This function is not intended to be crypto-secure, we only want it to be
- * fast and not suck too much. This one is pretty fast and did 0 collisions
- * in wenglish's dictionary.
- */
-static inline uint64_t DictHash( const char *psz_string, int i_int )
-{
-    uint64_t i_hash = 0;
-    if( psz_string )
-    {
-        while( *psz_string )
-        {
-            i_hash += *psz_string++;
-            i_hash += i_hash << 10;
-            i_hash ^= i_hash >> 8;
-        }
-    }
-    return i_hash + ( (uint64_t)i_int << 32 );
-}
-
-#define DICT_TYPE(name,type)                                                  \
-    typedef struct dict_entry_##name##_t {                                    \
-        int i_int;                                                            \
-        char *psz_string;                                                     \
-        uint64_t i_hash;                                                      \
-        type data;                                                            \
-    } dict_entry_##name##_t;                                                  \
-    typedef struct dict_##name##_t {                                          \
-        dict_entry_##name##_t *p_entries;                                     \
-        int i_entries;                                                        \
-    } dict_##name##_t;
-
-#define DICT_NEW( p_dict ) {                                                  \
-    p_dict = malloc( sizeof(int)+sizeof(void*) );                             \
-    p_dict->i_entries = 0;                                                    \
-    p_dict->p_entries = NULL;                                                 \
-}
-
-#define DICT_CLEAR( zdict ) {                                                 \
-    int _i_dict = 0;                                                          \
-    for ( _i_dict = 0; _i_dict < zdict->i_entries; _i_dict++ )                \
-    {                                                                         \
-        FREE( zdict->p_entries[_i_dict].psz_string );                         \
-    }                                                                         \
-    FREE( zdict->p_entries );                                                 \
-    free( zdict );                                                            \
-}
-
-#define DICT_INSERT( zdict, zint, zstring, zdata ) {                          \
-    uint64_t i_hash = DictHash( (zstring), (zint) );                          \
-    int i_new;                                                                \
-    /* Find a free slot */                                                    \
-    if( zdict->i_entries == 0 || i_hash <= zdict->p_entries[0].i_hash )       \
-        i_new = 0;                                                            \
-    else if( i_hash >= zdict->p_entries[zdict->i_entries-1].i_hash )          \
-        i_new = zdict->i_entries;\
-    else                                                                      \
-    {                                                                         \
-        int i_low = 0, i_high = zdict->i_entries - 1;                         \
-        while( i_high - i_low > 1 )                                           \
-        {                                                                     \
-            int i_mid = (i_low + i_high)/2;                                   \
-            fprintf(stderr, "Low %i, high %i\n", i_low, i_high);              \
-            if( zdict->p_entries[i_mid].i_hash < i_hash ) {                   \
-                i_low = i_mid;                                                \
-            } else if( zdict->p_entries[i_mid].i_hash > i_hash ) {            \
-                i_high = i_mid;                                               \
-            }                                                                 \
-        }                                                                     \
-        if( zdict->p_entries[i_low].i_hash < i_hash )                         \
-            i_new = i_high;                                                   \
-        else                                                                  \
-            i_new = i_low;                                                    \
-    }                                                                         \
-    zdict->p_entries = realloc( zdict->p_entries, (zdict->i_entries + 1) *    \
-        ( sizeof(zdata) + sizeof(int) + sizeof(void*) + sizeof(uint64_t) ) ); \
-    zdict->i_entries++;                                                       \
-    if( i_new != zdict->i_entries -1 )                                        \
-        memmove( &zdict->p_entries[i_new+1], &zdict->p_entries[i_new],        \
-         ( zdict->i_entries - i_new - 1 ) *                                   \
-         ( sizeof(zdata) + sizeof(int) + sizeof(void*) + sizeof(uint64_t) ) );\
-                                                                              \
-    zdict->p_entries[i_new].i_hash = i_hash;                                  \
-    zdict->p_entries[i_new].i_int = (zint);                                   \
-    if( (zstring) ) {                                                         \
-        zdict->p_entries[i_new].psz_string = strdup( (zstring) );             \
-    } else {                                                                  \
-        zdict->p_entries[i_new].psz_string = NULL;                            \
-    }                                                                         \
-    zdict->p_entries[i_new].data = zdata;                                     \
-}
-
-#define DICT_LOOKUP( zdict, zint, zstring, answer ) do {                      \
-    uint64_t i_hash;                                                          \
-    int i, i_pos;                                                             \
-    vlc_bool_t b_found = VLC_FALSE;                                           \
-    if( zdict->i_entries == 0 ) {                                             \
-        answer = -1;                                                          \
-        break;                                                                \
-    }                                                                         \
-                                                                              \
-    i_hash = DictHash( (zstring), (zint) );                                   \
-    BSEARCH( zdict->p_entries, zdict->i_entries, .i_hash, uint64_t,           \
-             i_hash, i_pos );                                                 \
-    if( i_pos == -1 ) {                                                       \
-        answer = -1;                                                          \
-        break;                                                                \
-    }                                                                         \
-                                                                              \
-    /* Hash found, let's check it looks like the entry */                     \
-    if( !strcmp( (zstring), zdict->p_entries[i_pos].psz_string ) ) {          \
-        answer = i_pos;                                                       \
-        break;                                                                \
-    }                                                                         \
-                                                                              \
-    /* Hash collision! This should be very rare, but we cannot guarantee      \
-     * it will never happen. Just do an exhaustive search amongst all         \
-     * entries with the same hash. */                                         \
-    for( i = i_pos - 1 ; i > 0 && i_hash == zdict->p_entries[i].i_hash ; i-- )\
-    {                                                                         \
-        if( !strcmp( (zstring), zdict->p_entries[i].psz_string ) &&           \
-                   zdict->p_entries[i].i_int == (zint) ) {                    \
-            b_found = VLC_TRUE;                                               \
-            answer = i;                                                       \
-            break;                                                            \
-        }                                                                     \
-    }                                                                         \
-    if( b_found == VLC_TRUE )                                                 \
-        break;                                                                \
-    for( i = i_pos + 1 ; i < zdict->i_entries &&                              \
-                         i_hash == zdict->p_entries[i].i_hash ; i++ )         \
-    {                                                                         \
-         if( !strcmp( (zstring), zdict->p_entries[i].psz_string ) &&          \
-                      zdict->p_entries[i].i_int == (zint) ) {                 \
-            b_found = VLC_TRUE;                                               \
-            answer = i;                                                       \
-            break;                                                            \
-        }                                                                     \
-    }                                                                         \
-    /* Hash found, but entry not found (quite strange !) */                   \
-    assert( 0 );                                                              \
-} while(0)
-
-#define DICT_GET( zdict, i_int, psz_string, answer ) {                        \
-    int int_answer;                                                           \
-    DICT_LOOKUP( zdict, i_int, psz_string, int_answer );                      \
-    if( int_answer >=  0 )                                                    \
-        answer = zdict->p_entries[int_answer].data;                           \
-}
 
 /************************************************************************
  * Dynamic arrays with progressive allocation
@@ -306,37 +197,38 @@ static inline uint64_t DictHash( const char *psz_string, int i_int )
 
 /* Internal functions */
 #define _ARRAY_ALLOC(array, newsize) {                                      \
-    array.i_alloc = newsize;                                                \
-    array.p_elems = VLCCVP realloc( array.p_elems, array.i_alloc *          \
-                                    sizeof(*array.p_elems) );               \
-    assert(array.p_elems);                                                  \
+    (array).i_alloc = newsize;                                              \
+    (array).p_elems = VLCCVP realloc( (array).p_elems, (array).i_alloc *    \
+                                    sizeof(*(array).p_elems) );             \
+    if( !(array).p_elems ) abort();                                         \
 }
 
 #define _ARRAY_GROW1(array) {                                               \
-    if( array.i_alloc < 10 )                                                \
+    if( (array).i_alloc < 10 )                                              \
         _ARRAY_ALLOC(array, 10 )                                            \
-    else if( array.i_alloc == array.i_size )                                \
+    else if( (array).i_alloc == (array).i_size )                            \
         _ARRAY_ALLOC(array, (int)(array.i_alloc * 1.5) )                    \
 }
 
 #define _ARRAY_GROW(array,additional) {                                     \
-     int i_first = array.i_alloc;                                           \
-     while( array.i_alloc - i_first < additional )                          \
+     int i_first = (array).i_alloc;                                         \
+     while( (array).i_alloc - i_first < additional )                        \
      {                                                                      \
-         if( array.i_alloc < 10 )                                           \
+         if( (array).i_alloc < 10 )                                         \
             _ARRAY_ALLOC(array, 10 )                                        \
-        else if( array.i_alloc == array.i_size )                            \
-            _ARRAY_ALLOC(array, (int)(array.i_alloc * 1.5) )                \
+        else if( (array).i_alloc == (array).i_size )                        \
+            _ARRAY_ALLOC(array, (int)((array).i_alloc * 1.5) )              \
         else break;                                                         \
      }                                                                      \
 }
 
 #define _ARRAY_SHRINK(array) {                                              \
-    if( array.i_size > 10 && array.i_size < (int)(array.i_alloc / 1.5) ) {  \
-        _ARRAY_ALLOC(array, array.i_size + 5);                              \
+    if( (array).i_size > 10 && (array).i_size < (int)((array).i_alloc / 1.5) ) {  \
+        _ARRAY_ALLOC(array, (array).i_size + 5);                            \
     }                                                                       \
 }
 
+#define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0]))
 
 /* API */
 #define DECL_ARRAY(type) struct {                                           \
@@ -348,52 +240,381 @@ static inline uint64_t DictHash( const char *psz_string, int i_int )
 #define TYPEDEF_ARRAY(type, name) typedef DECL_ARRAY(type) name;
 
 #define ARRAY_INIT(array)                                                   \
-    array.i_alloc = 0;                                                      \
-    array.i_size = 0;                                                       \
-    array.p_elems = NULL;
+  do {                                                                      \
+    (array).i_alloc = 0;                                                    \
+    (array).i_size = 0;                                                     \
+    (array).p_elems = NULL;                                                 \
+  } while(0)
 
 #define ARRAY_RESET(array)                                                  \
-    array.i_alloc = 0;                                                      \
-    array.i_size = 0;                                                       \
-    free( array.p_elems ); array.p_elems = NULL;
-
-#define ARRAY_APPEND(array, elem) {                                         \
+  do {                                                                      \
+    (array).i_alloc = 0;                                                    \
+    (array).i_size = 0;                                                     \
+    free( (array).p_elems ); (array).p_elems = NULL;                        \
+  } while(0)
+
+#define ARRAY_APPEND(array, elem)                                           \
+  do {                                                                      \
     _ARRAY_GROW1(array);                                                    \
-    array.p_elems[array.i_size] = elem;                                     \
-    array.i_size++;                                                         \
-}
+    (array).p_elems[(array).i_size] = elem;                                 \
+    (array).i_size++;                                                       \
+  } while(0)
 
-#define ARRAY_INSERT(array,elem,pos) {                                      \
+#define ARRAY_INSERT(array,elem,pos)                                        \
+  do {                                                                      \
     _ARRAY_GROW1(array);                                                    \
-    if( array.i_size - pos ) {                                              \
-        memmove( array.p_elems + pos + 1, array.p_elems + pos,              \
-                 (array.i_size-pos) * sizeof(*array.p_elems) );             \
+    if( (array).i_size - pos ) {                                            \
+        memmove( (array).p_elems + pos + 1, (array).p_elems + pos,          \
+                 ((array).i_size-pos) * sizeof(*(array).p_elems) );         \
     }                                                                       \
-    array.p_elems[pos] = elem;                                              \
-    array.i_size++;                                                         \
-}
+    (array).p_elems[pos] = elem;                                            \
+    (array).i_size++;                                                       \
+  } while(0)
 
-#define ARRAY_REMOVE(array,pos) {                                           \
-    if( array.i_size - (pos) - 1 )                                          \
+#define ARRAY_REMOVE(array,pos)                                             \
+  do {                                                                      \
+    if( (array).i_size - (pos) - 1 )                                        \
     {                                                                       \
-        memmove( array.p_elems + pos, array.p_elems + pos + 1,              \
-                 ( array.i_size - pos - 1 ) *sizeof(*array.p_elems) );      \
+        memmove( (array).p_elems + pos, (array).p_elems + pos + 1,          \
+                 ( (array).i_size - pos - 1 ) *sizeof(*(array).p_elems) );  \
     }                                                                       \
-    array.i_size--;                                                         \
+    (array).i_size--;                                                       \
     _ARRAY_SHRINK(array);                                                   \
-}
+  } while(0)
 
 #define ARRAY_VAL(array, pos) array.p_elems[pos]
 
 #define ARRAY_BSEARCH(array, elem, zetype, key, answer) \
-    BSEARCH( array.p_elems, array.i_size, elem, zetype, key, answer)
+    BSEARCH( (array).p_elems, (array).i_size, elem, zetype, key, answer)
 
 #define FOREACH_ARRAY( item, array ) { \
     int fe_idx; \
-    for( fe_idx = 0 ; fe_idx < array.i_size ; fe_idx++ ) \
+    for( fe_idx = 0 ; fe_idx < (array).i_size ; fe_idx++ ) \
     { \
-        item = array.p_elems[fe_idx];
+        item = (array).p_elems[fe_idx];
 
 #define FOREACH_END() } }
 
+
+/************************************************************************
+ * Dynamic arrays with progressive allocation (Preferred API)
+ ************************************************************************/
+typedef struct vlc_array_t
+{
+    int i_count;
+    void ** pp_elems;
+} vlc_array_t;
+
+static inline void vlc_array_init( vlc_array_t * p_array )
+{
+    memset( p_array, 0, sizeof(vlc_array_t) );
+}
+
+static inline void vlc_array_clear( vlc_array_t * p_array )
+{
+    free( p_array->pp_elems );
+    memset( p_array, 0, sizeof(vlc_array_t) );
+}
+
+static inline vlc_array_t * vlc_array_new( void )
+{
+    vlc_array_t * ret = (vlc_array_t *)malloc( sizeof(vlc_array_t) );
+    if( ret ) vlc_array_init( ret );
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static inline void vlc_array_destroy( vlc_array_t * p_array )
+{
+    if( !p_array )
+        return;
+    vlc_array_clear( p_array );
+    free( p_array );
+}
+
+
+/* Read */
+static inline int
+vlc_array_count( vlc_array_t * p_array )
+{
+    return p_array->i_count;
+}
+
+static inline void *
+vlc_array_item_at_index( vlc_array_t * p_array, int i_index )
+{
+    return p_array->pp_elems[i_index];
+}
+
+static inline int
+vlc_array_index_of_item( vlc_array_t * p_array, void * item )
+{
+    int i;
+    for( i = 0; i < p_array->i_count; i++)
+    {
+        if( p_array->pp_elems[i] == item )
+            return i;
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+
+/* Write */
+static inline void
+vlc_array_insert( vlc_array_t * p_array, void * p_elem, int i_index )
+{
+    TAB_INSERT_CAST( (void **), p_array->i_count, p_array->pp_elems, p_elem, i_index );
+}
+
+static inline void
+vlc_array_append( vlc_array_t * p_array, void * p_elem )
+{
+    vlc_array_insert( p_array, p_elem, p_array->i_count );
+}
+
+static inline void
+vlc_array_remove( vlc_array_t * p_array, int i_index )
+{
+    if( i_index >= 0 )
+    {
+        if( p_array->i_count > 1 )
+        {
+            memmove( p_array->pp_elems + i_index,
+                     p_array->pp_elems + i_index+1,
+                     ( p_array->i_count - i_index - 1 ) * sizeof( void* ) );
+        }
+        p_array->i_count--;
+        if( p_array->i_count == 0 )
+        {
+            free( p_array->pp_elems );
+            p_array->pp_elems = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+/************************************************************************
+ * Dictionaries
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+/* This function is not intended to be crypto-secure, we only want it to be
+ * fast and not suck too much. This one is pretty fast and did 0 collisions
+ * in wenglish's dictionary.
+ */
+static inline uint64_t DictHash( const char *psz_string, int hashsize )
+{
+    uint64_t i_hash = 0;
+    if( psz_string )
+    {
+        while( *psz_string )
+        {
+            i_hash += *psz_string++;
+            i_hash += i_hash << 10;
+            i_hash ^= i_hash >> 8;
+        }
+    }
+    return i_hash % hashsize;
+}
+
+typedef struct vlc_dictionary_entry_t
+{
+    char *   psz_key;
+    void *   p_value;
+    struct vlc_dictionary_entry_t * p_next;
+} vlc_dictionary_entry_t;
+
+typedef struct vlc_dictionary_t
+{
+    int i_size;
+    vlc_dictionary_entry_t ** p_entries;
+} vlc_dictionary_t;
+
+static void * const kVLCDictionaryNotFound = NULL;
+
+static inline void vlc_dictionary_init( vlc_dictionary_t * p_dict, int i_size )
+{
+    p_dict->p_entries = NULL;
+
+    if( i_size > 0 )
+    {
+        p_dict->p_entries = (vlc_dictionary_entry_t **)calloc( i_size, sizeof(*p_dict->p_entries) );
+        if( !p_dict->p_entries )
+            i_size = 0;
+    }
+    p_dict->i_size = i_size;
+}
+
+static inline void vlc_dictionary_clear( vlc_dictionary_t * p_dict,
+                                         void ( * pf_free )( void * p_data, void * p_obj ),
+                                         void * p_obj )
+{
+    if( p_dict->p_entries )
+    {
+        for( int i = 0; i < p_dict->i_size; i++ )
+        {
+            vlc_dictionary_entry_t * p_current, * p_next;
+            p_current = p_dict->p_entries[i];
+            while( p_current )
+            {
+                p_next = p_current->p_next;
+                if( pf_free != NULL )
+                    ( * pf_free )( p_current->p_value, p_obj );
+                free( p_current->psz_key );
+                free( p_current );
+                p_current = p_next;
+            }
+        }
+        free( p_dict->p_entries );
+        p_dict->p_entries = NULL;
+    }
+    p_dict->i_size = 0;
+}
+
+
+
+static inline void *
+vlc_dictionary_value_for_key( const vlc_dictionary_t * p_dict, const char * psz_key )
+{
+    if( !p_dict->p_entries )
+        return kVLCDictionaryNotFound;
+
+    int i_pos = DictHash( psz_key, p_dict->i_size );
+    vlc_dictionary_entry_t * p_entry = p_dict->p_entries[i_pos];
+
+    if( !p_entry )
+        return kVLCDictionaryNotFound;
+
+    /* Make sure we return the right item. (Hash collision) */
+    do {
+        if( !strcmp( psz_key, p_entry->psz_key ) )
+            return p_entry->p_value;
+        p_entry = p_entry->p_next;
+    } while( p_entry );
+
+    return kVLCDictionaryNotFound;
+}
+
+static inline int
+vlc_dictionary_keys_count( const vlc_dictionary_t * p_dict )
+{
+    vlc_dictionary_entry_t * p_entry;
+    int i, count = 0;
+
+    if( !p_dict->p_entries )
+        return 0;
+
+    for( i = 0; i < p_dict->i_size; i++ )
+    {
+        for( p_entry = p_dict->p_entries[i]; p_entry; p_entry = p_entry->p_next ) count++;
+    }
+    return count;
+}
+
+static inline char **
+vlc_dictionary_all_keys( const vlc_dictionary_t * p_dict )
+{
+    vlc_dictionary_entry_t * p_entry;
+    char ** ppsz_ret;
+    int i, count = vlc_dictionary_keys_count( p_dict );
+
+    ppsz_ret = (char**)malloc(sizeof(char *) * (count + 1));
+
+    count = 0;
+    for( i = 0; i < p_dict->i_size; i++ )
+    {
+        for( p_entry = p_dict->p_entries[i]; p_entry; p_entry = p_entry->p_next )
+            ppsz_ret[count++] = strdup( p_entry->psz_key );
+    }
+    ppsz_ret[count] = NULL;
+    return ppsz_ret;
+}
+
+static inline void
+__vlc_dictionary_insert( vlc_dictionary_t * p_dict, const char * psz_key,
+                         void * p_value, bool rebuild )
+{
+    if( !p_dict->p_entries )
+        vlc_dictionary_init( p_dict, 1 );
+
+    int i_pos = DictHash( psz_key, p_dict->i_size );
+    vlc_dictionary_entry_t * p_entry;
+
+    p_entry = (vlc_dictionary_entry_t *)malloc(sizeof(*p_entry));
+    p_entry->psz_key = strdup( psz_key );
+    p_entry->p_value = p_value;
+    p_entry->p_next = p_dict->p_entries[i_pos];
+    p_dict->p_entries[i_pos] = p_entry;
+    if( rebuild )
+    {
+        /* Count how many items there was */
+        int count;
+        for( count = 1; p_entry->p_next; count++ )
+            p_entry = p_entry->p_next;
+        if( count > 3 ) /* XXX: this need tuning */
+        {
+            /* Here it starts to be not good, rebuild a bigger dictionary */
+            struct vlc_dictionary_t new_dict;
+            int i_new_size = ( (p_dict->i_size+2) * 3) / 2; /* XXX: this need tuning */
+            int i;
+            vlc_dictionary_init( &new_dict, i_new_size );
+            for( i = 0; i < p_dict->i_size; i++ )
+            {
+                p_entry = p_dict->p_entries[i];
+                while( p_entry )
+                {
+                    __vlc_dictionary_insert( &new_dict, p_entry->psz_key,
+                                             p_entry->p_value,
+                                             false /* To avoid multiple rebuild loop */);
+                    p_entry = p_entry->p_next;
+                }
+            }
+
+            vlc_dictionary_clear( p_dict, NULL, NULL );
+            p_dict->i_size = new_dict.i_size;
+            p_dict->p_entries = new_dict.p_entries;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static inline void
+vlc_dictionary_insert( vlc_dictionary_t * p_dict, const char * psz_key, void * p_value )
+{
+    __vlc_dictionary_insert( p_dict, psz_key, p_value, true );
+}
+
+static inline void
+vlc_dictionary_remove_value_for_key( const vlc_dictionary_t * p_dict, const char * psz_key,
+                                     void ( * pf_free )( void * p_data, void * p_obj ),
+                                     void * p_obj )
+{
+    if( !p_dict->p_entries )
+        return;
+
+    int i_pos = DictHash( psz_key, p_dict->i_size );
+    vlc_dictionary_entry_t * p_entry = p_dict->p_entries[i_pos];
+    vlc_dictionary_entry_t * p_prev;
+
+    if( !p_entry )
+        return; /* Not found, nothing to do */
+
+    /* Hash collision */
+    p_prev = NULL;
+    do {
+        if( !strcmp( psz_key, p_entry->psz_key ) )
+        {
+            if( pf_free != NULL )
+                ( * pf_free )( p_entry->p_value, p_obj );
+            if( !p_prev )
+                p_dict->p_entries[i_pos] = p_entry->p_next;
+            else
+                p_prev->p_next = p_entry->p_next;
+            free( p_entry->psz_key );
+            free( p_entry );
+            return;
+        }
+        p_prev = p_entry;
+        p_entry = p_entry->p_next;
+    } while( p_entry );
+
+    /* No key was found */
+}
+
 #endif