It does the same as av_calloc(), so one of them should be removed. Given that av_calloc() has the shorter name, it is retained.
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| 14 | 14 | |
| 15 | 15 | API changes, most recent first: |
| 16 | 16 | |
| 17 | +2021-09-20 - xxxxxxxxxx - lavu 57.6.100 - mem.h | |
| 18 | + Deprecate av_mallocz_array() as it is identical to av_calloc(). | |
| 19 | + | |
| 17 | 20 | 2021-09-20 - xxxxxxxxxx - lavc 59.9.100 - avcodec.h |
| 18 | 21 | Deprecate AVCodecContext.sub_text_format and the corresponding |
| 19 | 22 | AVOptions. It is unused since the last major bump. |