Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/11] QMP: Introduce specification file

[Stefano Stabellini]

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Avi Kivity wrote:
> > I don't mind if this ends up looking like JSON, but I don't want to 
> > have to enforce that it's remains JSON compatible in the long term.  
> > We should have our own grammar that we can version and that people can 
> > use as the basis of a client.
> 
> That really reduces the attractiveness of the whole thing.  Writing 
> parsers and emitters should be an optional part of writing a qemu 
> control program, not a required part.
> 

I think that using JSON syntax, hence re-using JSON parsers and
emitters, it is a good compromise between supporting a full-blown RPC
and implementing our own IMAP like protocol.
This way both parties should be satisfied.