From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 43B5FD29DE0 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:48:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1vfZ7o-00013g-KF; Tue, 13 Jan 2026 02:47:36 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1vfZ7n-000135-2R for qemu-rust@nongnu.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2026 02:47:35 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1vfZ7l-0000pR-Jo for qemu-rust@nongnu.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2026 02:47:34 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1768290452; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=Uk2DvBMeDH+4higvhPHQQN4vMxKEX3rfQeorzb6Ytdk=; b=DvdhY23t8rUlquroRP7sBWxZYsc46CXzChu1Z73/w4KSkLKUFAynj2TunASZkIA7QCvE1z /RX0QxI3m5dwKQl9UPCPQdRQBOcAu8+cST4XooB7xPk4MCvufXRBdWMqOkFsh9G+R+jh6r 3bu+7jKTxJJAtscwQGmm1inmjv8j+cQ= Received: from mx-prod-mc-03.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-54-186-198-63.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [54.186.198.63]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-383-CIxiExBhPKCYViicveNb0w-1; Tue, 13 Jan 2026 02:47:29 -0500 X-MC-Unique: CIxiExBhPKCYViicveNb0w-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: CIxiExBhPKCYViicveNb0w_1768290448 Received: from mx-prod-int-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.93]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-03.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5D6501956059; Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:47:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blackfin.pond.sub.org (unknown [10.45.242.32]) by mx-prod-int-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 412A018004D8; Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blackfin.pond.sub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D8A5A21E66C9; Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:47:23 +0100 (CET) From: Markus Armbruster To: Daniel P. =?utf-8?Q?Berrang=C3=A9?= Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Philippe =?utf-8?Q?Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= , Manos Pitsidianakis , Hanna Reitz , Gerd Hoffmann , Paolo Bonzini , Christian Schoenebeck , "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" , =?utf-8?Q?Marc-Andr=C3=A9?= Lureau , devel@lists.libvirt.org, qemu-block@nongnu.org, qemu-rust@nongnu.org, Stefan Weil , Kevin Wolf , Richard Henderson Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 01/24] qemu-options: remove extraneous [] around arg values In-Reply-To: <20260108170338.2693853-2-berrange@redhat.com> ("Daniel P. =?utf-8?Q?Berrang=C3=A9=22's?= message of "Thu, 8 Jan 2026 17:03:15 +0000") References: <20260108170338.2693853-1-berrange@redhat.com> <20260108170338.2693853-2-berrange@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:47:23 +0100 Message-ID: <87ldi2ar90.fsf@pond.sub.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.30.177.93 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=armbru@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-rust@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: QEMU Rust-related patches and discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-rust-bounces+qemu-rust=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-rust-bounces+qemu-rust=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 writes: > There are quite a few inappropriate uses of [...] around argument > values. The [] are intended to indicate optionality, but in some > cases it is used to wrap a set of enum values. In other cases it > is being used to show the value is entirely optional, which was > common behaviour for boolean values in the past. QEMU has deprecated > short-form boolean options for quite a while though, and we should > thus not advertize this possibility in the docs. > > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster