Re: [Qemu-devel] [qapi] Cannot use list of strings

[mdroth <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:49:19AM +0200, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:04:24PM +0200, Lluís Vilanova wrote:
> > Tried using a list of strings as an argument to a command, but the generated
> > code references the 'strList' type, which does not exist.
> > 
> > Is a specialized version for "['str']" missing, or should I define my own type
> > with a single field of 'str' type?

I would say just give that a shot. Stick:

typedef struct strList
{
    char *value;
    struct strList *next;
} strList;

in include/qapi/visitor.h and see what happens.

It's not immediately obvious to me why that wouldn't work, except maybe
that sometimes the code generators will special case on CamelCase types,
but that shouldn't be too hard to work around if it's an issue.

If that works, the same approach can probably be taken for all "native" qapi
types: str, bool, [u]int[(8|16|32|64)]

> 
> akong just hit this too.
> 
> I think it's a question for aliguori, luiz, or mdroth.
> 
> Stefan
>