On 02/02/2012 08:24 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
1) We shouldn't use generic interfaces to read/write properties from
objects. We should use type-safe accessors provided by the types
themselves.
That doesn't change the fact that we need simple wrappers using C types (at
various levels: object_property_set_qobject, object_property_set, qdev_set_*) to
implement these type-safe accessors on top of dynamic properties.
2) If we want to get fancy, we can add property_set_int, etc. and then
implement (1) via header files that just call these functions.
That's what patch 5 does. But writing visitors in C is a royal PITA.
The only sane way to do so is via QObject.
BTW, I don't really think it's possible to proceed on this except by accepting
compromises. We need to be the #1 QOM client, _now_ or it will remain buggy &
bitrot.