Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [RFC 0/7] QError v1

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Anthony Liguori wrote:
>   
>> Jamie Lokier wrote:
>>     
>>> Anthony Liguori wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> Okay, let's get more clever then and do:
>>>>
>>>> #define QERR_DEV_NFOUND "{ 'code': 404, 'name': %s}"
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>> By the way, since you've already invented a non-standard JSON
>>> extension, which is the single quotes, why not go a step further and
>>> permit the quotes to be omitted for simple tokens?
>>>
>>> #define QERR_DEV_NFOUND "{ code: 404, name: %s}"
>>>
>>> Much neater, IMHO.
>>>  
>>>       
>> Javascript has keywords (like true, false, and null) that could lead to 
>> confusion using such a syntax.
>>     
>
> I was thinking only before the colon in a dictionary.  Are the keywords
> a problem in those positions, for Qemu?
>   

Eh, that's adding all sorts of nasty context-sensitivity and would abuse 
the lexer keyword tokens.

I really don't think it's justified.  I also think it's ugly :-)

Regards,

Anthony Liguori