[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 31/31] qapi: Simplify error reporting for array types

[Markus Armbruster]

check_type() first checks and peels off the array type, then checks
the element type.  For two out of four error messages, it takes pains
to report errors for "array of T" instead of just T.  Odd.  Let's
examine the errors.

* Unknown element type, e.g.
  tests/qapi-schema/args-array-unknown.json:

      Member 'array' of 'data' for command 'oops' uses unknown type
      'array of NoSuchType'

  To make sense of this, you need to know that 'array of NoSuchType'
  refers to '[NoSuchType]'.  Easy enough.  However, simply reporting

      Member 'array' of 'data' for command 'oops' uses unknown type
      'NoSuchType'

  is at least as easy to understand.

* Element type's meta-type is inadmissible, e.g.
  tests/qapi-schema/returns-whitelist.json:

      'returns' for command 'no-way-this-will-get-whitelisted' cannot
      use built-in type 'array of int'

  'array of int' is technically not a built-in type, but that's
  pedantry.  However, simply reporting

      'returns' for command 'no-way-this-will-get-whitelisted' cannot
      use built-in type 'int'

  avoids the issue, and is at least as easy to understand.

* The remaining two errors are unreachable, because the array checking
  ensures that value is a string.

Thus, reporting some errors for "array of T" instead of just T works,
but dosn't really improve things.  Drop it.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
---
 scripts/qapi.py                          | 6 ++----
 tests/qapi-schema/args-array-unknown.err | 2 +-
 tests/qapi-schema/returns-whitelist.err  | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/qapi.py b/scripts/qapi.py
index 3656059..ac0e45e 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi.py
@@ -426,7 +426,6 @@ def check_type(expr_info, source, value, allow_array = 
False,
                allow_dict = False, allow_optional = False,
                allow_star = False, allow_metas = []):
     global all_names
-    orig_value = value
 
     if value is None:
         return
@@ -444,7 +443,6 @@ def check_type(expr_info, source, value, allow_array = 
False,
                                 "%s: array type must contain single type name"
                                 % source)
         value = value[0]
-        orig_value = "array of %s" %value
 
     # Check if type name for value is okay
     if isinstance(value, str):
@@ -455,11 +453,11 @@ def check_type(expr_info, source, value, allow_array = 
False,
         if not value in all_names:
             raise QAPIExprError(expr_info,
                                 "%s uses unknown type '%s'"
-                                % (source, orig_value))
+                                % (source, value))
         if not all_names[value] in allow_metas:
             raise QAPIExprError(expr_info,
                                 "%s cannot use %s type '%s'"
-                                % (source, all_names[value], orig_value))
+                                % (source, all_names[value], value))
         return
 
     if not allow_dict:
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/args-array-unknown.err 
b/tests/qapi-schema/args-array-unknown.err
index 7834d11..cd7a0f9 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/args-array-unknown.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/args-array-unknown.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-tests/qapi-schema/args-array-unknown.json:2: Member 'array' of 'data' for 
command 'oops' uses unknown type 'array of NoSuchType'
+tests/qapi-schema/args-array-unknown.json:2: Member 'array' of 'data' for 
command 'oops' uses unknown type 'NoSuchType'
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/returns-whitelist.err 
b/tests/qapi-schema/returns-whitelist.err
index a41f019..f47c1ee 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/returns-whitelist.err
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/returns-whitelist.err
@@ -1 +1 @@
-tests/qapi-schema/returns-whitelist.json:10: 'returns' for command 
'no-way-this-will-get-whitelisted' cannot use built-in type 'array of int'
+tests/qapi-schema/returns-whitelist.json:10: 'returns' for command 
'no-way-this-will-get-whitelisted' cannot use built-in type 'int'
-- 
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