Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] block: add block_backup QMP command

[Eric Blake]

On 04/29/2013 03:27 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il 29/04/2013 09:21, Stefan Hajnoczi ha scritto:
>>> I'd really love to see us change 'BlockJobInfo' to use an enum for
>>> 'type', instead of its open-coded 'str'.  Likewise, the block-job
>>> related events in QMP/qmp-events.txt should be updated to refer to the
>>> enum instead of also being open-coded 'str'.
>>
>> Since the block job QMP API has been in released I'm not sure changing
>> this is worthwhile.  QEMU and libvirt would have to maintain
>> compatibility so the code will just be duplicated.
> 
> I don't think this would change the actual data on the wire.  However,
> it would let libvirt know the supported block job types by introspecting
> the enum.

Until we have introspection, the point is moot.  When we have
introspection, libvirt would much rather see an enum than a 'str'.  I
see absolutely no back-compat problem in changing the code to be
type-safe prior to the point that introspection is added.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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