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Subject: Re: [libvirt] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] Allow multiple
	monitor	=?utf-8?q?devices?= (v2)
From: "=?utf-8?q?Fran=C3=A7ois?= Revol" <revol@free.fr>
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> >>> I want async
> >>> notifications added to a single monitor session. That too could 
> > > > be
> >>> implemented today (as simple as a term=5Fprintf("notification: ...\
> > > > n");
> >>
> >> No.  It is simple on the qemu side only.  Parsing notifications 
> > > poping
> >> up at random places in the stream is more complex.
> > 
> > I don't understand why, if there's a common prefix.
> > 
> > Everywhere you expect (qemu), also expect notification:.
> 
> Please no more async notifications to the monitors. They are just 
> ugly
> to parse, at least for us humans. I don't want to see any 
> notification
> in the middle of my half-typed command e.g.
> 

What about acting like what the shell prompt does for jobs =3F
It just outputs it after the line is parsed or the command has 
returned.

if (monitor=5Finput=5Fempty)
	output(foo);
else
	queue=5Foutput(foo);

Fran=C3=A7ois.