Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/27] qom: add the base Object class

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 12/22/2011 06:25 PM, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> Why not declare types with something like the following:
>
> TypeInfo my_device_info = {
>      .name = "my-device",
>      .parentinfo =&device_info,
>      .instance_size = sizeof(MyDevice),
> };
>
> That is, instead of looking up the TypeImpl via a string, lookup the
> TypeImpl via the address of the TypeInfo.  (Or possibly store a
> pointer to TypeImpl in TypeInfo during registration.)

This requires all modules to provide a header file just for the TypeInfo 
or TypeImpl.  It doesn't let you use work purely through introspection.

Paolo