Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 14/22] qapi: add query-version QMP command

[Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>]

On 03/07/2011 03:22 AM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> This is used internally by QMP.  It's also a pretty good example of a typical
> command conversion.
>
> +##
> +{ 'VersionInfo': {'qemu': {'major': 'int', 'minor': 'int', 'micro': 'int'},
> +                  'package': 'str'} }
> +
> +##
> +# @query-version:
> +#
> +# Returns the current version of QEMU.
> +#
> +# Returns:  A @VersionInfo object describing the current version of QEMU.
> +#
> +# Since: 0.14.0
> +##
> +[ 'query-version', {}, {}, 'VersionInfo' ]

(just picking on a patch that has a bit of schema in it)

Something that can be added to the schema are default values for newly 
added parameters.  This way we can avoid an explosion of commands where 
adding an optional parameter suffices; should be easier for the user to 
pick the right command and easier for us to document and support.

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