If a static VLC table gets initialized a second time (or concurrently by two threads) and if said VLC table uses symbols that have the sign bit of VLC_TYPE (a typedef for int16_t) set, initializing the VLC fails. The reason is that the type of the symbol in the temporary array is an uint16_t and so comparing it to the symbol read from the VLC table will fail, because only the lower 16bits coincide. Said failure triggers an assert.
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| @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int alloc_table(VLC *vlc, int size, int use_static) · 128 unmodified lines | ||
| 129 | 129 | |
| 130 | 130 | typedef struct VLCcode { |
| 131 | 131 | uint8_t bits; |
| 132 | − uint16_t symbol; | |
| 132 | + VLC_TYPE symbol; | |
| 133 | 133 | /** codeword, with the first bit-to-be-read in the msb |
| 134 | 134 | * (even if intended for a little-endian bitstream reader) */ |
| 135 | 135 | uint32_t code; |