Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Fix confused output for alias properties

[Gonglei (Arei)]

Hi,

> From: Paolo Bonzini [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 6:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Fix confused output for alias properties
> 
> Il 16/09/2014 12:37, Michael S. Tsirkin ha scritto:
> > str really should be for free-form strings.
> > It makes as much sense to call it as string
> 
> Yes, that's why I said drive->str is a degradation.  The question is,
> how important is that degradation?
> 
After reading your conversation, I'm confused and 
have no idea for PATCH 2 and PATCH 3.  Would you 
give me corresponding comments? Thanks!

Best regards,
-Gonglei

> > as it is to call an integer a string because you type
> > a string of characters to specify it.
> 
> I disagree.  This is true for the command line, and for historical
> reasons it is also true for device-add, but the newer QOM commands are
> type-safe.  You cannot pass an integer as a JSON string '123' to qom-set
> or object-add, for example.
>