Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 2/2] target-arm: Minimalistic CPU QOM'ification

[Andreas Färber]

Am 28.03.2012 16:00, schrieb Max Filippov:
>>>>> +static void arm_cpu_reset(CPUState *c)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +    ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(c);
>>>>> +    ARMCPUClass *class = ARM_CPU_GET_CLASS(cpu);
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    class->parent_reset(c);
>>>>
>>>> I thought we were avoiding 'class' in favour of 'klass'?
>>>
>>> I have suggested it once and I can only say it again,
>>> please, call it 'cpu_class'. It is the least surprising name.
>>
>> No, cpu_class is being used for a different class, CPUClass, when
>> twiddling with reset handlers of the parent class, for instance.
>>
>> We could call it arm_cpu_class, but is that any better?
> 
> There's no other class in this context, so why more specific name than
> would be enough?
> It's only a matter of long enough suffix, isn't it?

My point was that using cpu_class for two very different things is not
"least surprising" when reading patches containing minimal context. You
don't always see the declaration, so I'd like to keep it consistent
across functions.

Andreas

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