add comment why we free the input image early (#801)

strukturag · Mar 30, 2023 · 49e3cbf · 49e3cbf
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diff --git a/libheif/plugins/heif_encoder_aom.cc b/libheif/plugins/heif_encoder_aom.cc
@@ -1023,7 +1023,11 @@ struct heif_error aom_encode_image(void* encoder_raw, const struct heif_image* i
  // --- encode frame
 
  err = encode_frame(encoder, &codec, &input_image); //, frame_count++, flags, writer);
+
+ // Note: we are freeing the input image directly after use.
+ // This covers the usual success case and also all error cases that occur below.
  aom_img_free(&input_image);
+
  if (err.code != heif_error_Ok) {
  return err;
  }