Re: [RFC PATCH] qapi: Generate QAPI files using qapi/ for generated header paths

[Markus Armbruster]

Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> writes:

> On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 12:50:26PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> writes:

[...]

>> > It is confusing that we have both shared stuff and QMP schema
>> > only stuff under the same location.
>> 
>> Which stuff in which location?
>
> There are multiple directories with 'qapi' in their name
>
>  - $SRC/include/qapi - all generic stuff for any consumer of QAPI
>  - $SRC/qapi - impl of generic stuff from $SRC/include/qapi, but
>                also the QMP schema for machine emulator
>  - $BUILD/qapi - generated code for QMP schema for machine emulator

   - scripts/qapi - the generator code

>
> I find it confusing that we have both generic QAPI code and the main
> machine emulator QMP schema in directories sharing the same 'qapi'
> name.

Got it.

Lack of separation between generic C infrastructure and specific schema
hasn't really annoyed me.  Possibly because the two are, for better or
worse, joined at the hip.  Except for the use of "qapi:" in commit
message titles; there I've at times felt a slight urge to distinguish
between schema work, C infrastructure work, and generator work.

Of course, other people's confusion trumps my non-annoyance.