[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/8] Add QBuffer

[Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>]

On 05/15/2010 11:45 AM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>
>> Instead of encoding just as a string, it would be a good idea to encode
>> it as something like:
>>
>> {'__class__': 'base64', 'data': ...}
>>
>> We've discussed using hidden properties to describe special things like
>> abstract classes and since we already have this namespace reserved, I
>> think it's a good time to use it.
>>
>> The advantage is that in a dynamic language like Python, the parser can
>> convert base64 to binary strings automatically without having to
>> understand the QMP protocol.
>>      
> Indeed, was amazingly simple to add and works nicely with qmp-shell as
> demonstrator. Will repost, also to fix a few remaining glitches I came
> across in the meantime.
>
>    

Is this __class__ stuff documented anywhere?

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