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* [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qobject: Explain how QNum works, and why
@ 2017-08-22  6:52 Markus Armbruster
  2017-08-22  8:32 ` Marc-André Lureau
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Markus Armbruster @ 2017-08-22  6:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-devel; +Cc: mreitz, marcandre.lureau

Suggested-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
---
 include/qapi/qmp/qnum.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qnum.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qnum.h
index 09d745c..9182129 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qnum.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qnum.h
@@ -23,6 +23,27 @@ typedef enum {
     QNUM_DOUBLE
 } QNumKind;
 
+/*
+ * QNum encapsulates how our dialect of JSON fills in the blanks left
+ * by the JSON specification (RFC 7159) regarding numbers.
+ *
+ * Conceptually, we treat number as an abstract type with three
+ * concrete subtypes: floating-point, signed integer, unsigned
+ * integer.  QNum implements this a discriminated union of double,
+ * int64_t, uint64_t.
+ *
+ * The JSON parser picks the subtype as follows.  If the number has a
+ * decimal point or an exponent, it is floating-point.  Else if it
+ * fits into int64_t, it's signed integer.  Else if it first into
+ * uint64_t, it's unsigned integer.  Else it's floating-point.
+ *
+ * Any number can serve as double: qnum_get_double() converts under
+ * the hood.
+ *
+ * An integer can serve as signed / unsigned integer as long as it is
+ * in range: qnum_get_try_int() / qnum_get_try_uint() check range and
+ * convert under the hood.
+ */
 typedef struct QNum {
     QObject base;
     QNumKind kind;
-- 
2.7.5

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