From: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
To: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Cc: marcandre.lureau@redhat.com, jsnow@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/22] qapi: Drop simple unions
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:38:50 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210913183850.6sfxrf7cvqrgvqm5@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210913123932.3306639-22-armbru@redhat.com>
On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 02:39:31PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Simple unions predate flat unions. Having both complicates the QAPI
> schema language and the QAPI generator. We haven't been using simple
> unions in new code for a long time, because they are less flexible and
> somewhat awkward on the wire.
>
> The previous commits eliminated simple union from the tree. Now drop
> them from the QAPI schema language entirely, and update mentions of
> "flat union" to just "union".
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
> ---
> docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst | 125 ++++--------------
> scripts/qapi/expr.py | 21 +--
> scripts/qapi/schema.py | 101 +++-----------
> .../qapi-schema/flat-union-array-branch.json | 2 +-
> tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-empty.json | 2 +-
> tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-int-branch.json | 2 +-
> tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-no-base.err | 2 +-
> tests/qapi-schema/flat-union-no-base.json | 2 +-
> tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json | 2 +-
> tests/qapi-schema/reserved-member-u.json | 2 +-
> tests/qapi-schema/union-base-empty.json | 2 +-
> .../union-base-no-discriminator.err | 2 +-
> .../union-base-no-discriminator.json | 2 +-
> 13 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 205 deletions(-)
Whee! What a fun ride!
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-13 18:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-13 12:39 [PATCH 00/22] qapi: Remove simple unions from the schema language Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 01/22] qapi: Tidy up unusual line breaks Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 13:29 ` Marc-André Lureau
2021-09-13 13:54 ` Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 13:59 ` Marc-André Lureau
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 02/22] qapi: Stop enforcing "type name should not end in 'Kind' Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 14:40 ` Eric Blake
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 03/22] qapi: Convert simple union KeyValue to flat one Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 14:45 ` Eric Blake
2021-09-14 4:54 ` Markus Armbruster
2021-09-14 7:15 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 04/22] qapi: Convert simple union InputEvent " Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 14:46 ` Eric Blake
2021-09-14 4:55 ` Markus Armbruster
2021-09-14 7:15 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 05/22] qapi: Convert simple union TpmTypeOptions " Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 16:32 ` Stefan Berger
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 06/22] qapi: Convert simple union MemoryDeviceInfo " Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 07/22] qapi: Convert simple union ChardevBackend " Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 08/22] qapi: Convert simple union SocketAddressLegacy " Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 09/22] qapi: Convert simple union ImageInfoSpecific " Markus Armbruster
2021-09-16 15:01 ` Hanna Reitz
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 10/22] qapi: Convert simple union TransactionAction " Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 14:53 ` Eric Blake
2021-09-14 5:25 ` Markus Armbruster
2021-09-16 15:01 ` Hanna Reitz
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 11/22] tests/qapi-schema: Prepare for simple union UserDefListUnion removal Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 15:01 ` Eric Blake
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 12/22] test-qobject-input-visitor: Wean off UserDefListUnion Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 15:06 ` Eric Blake
2021-09-14 5:50 ` Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 13/22] test-qobject-output-visitor: " Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 15:09 ` Eric Blake
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 14/22] test-clone-visitor: " Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 15:10 ` Eric Blake
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 15/22] tests/qapi-schema: " Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 15:26 ` Eric Blake
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 16/22] tests/qapi-schema: Simple union UserDefListUnion is now unused, drop Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 15:27 ` Eric Blake
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 17/22] tests/qapi-schema: Rewrite simple union TestIfUnion to be flat Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 15:28 ` Eric Blake
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 18/22] test-clone-visitor: Wean off __org.qemu_x-Union1 Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 15:32 ` Eric Blake
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 19/22] tests/qapi-schema: Drop simple union __org.qemu_x-Union1 Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 15:35 ` Eric Blake
2021-09-14 5:55 ` Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 20/22] tests/qapi-schema: Purge simple unions from tests Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 15:37 ` Eric Blake
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 21/22] qapi: Drop simple unions Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 18:38 ` Eric Blake [this message]
2021-09-14 5:57 ` Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 12:39 ` [PATCH 22/22] test-clone-visitor: Correct an accidental rename Markus Armbruster
2021-09-13 18:40 ` Eric Blake
2021-09-13 12:49 ` [PATCH 00/22] qapi: Remove simple unions from the schema language Markus Armbruster
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