Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 2/3] qapi: add const prefix to 'char *' insider c_type()

[Eric Blake]

On 06/10/2014 05:25 AM, Amos Kong wrote:
> It's ugly to add const prefix for parameter type by an if statement
> outside c_type(). This patch adds a parameter to do it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amos Kong <address@hidden>
> Suggested-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
> ---
>  scripts/qapi-commands.py | 4 +---
>  scripts/qapi.py          | 4 +++-
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Wenchao's series introduces another client that needs this treatment:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-06/msg01225.html

Depending on what order things get merged in, you may need followup
patches or conflict resolution.

> 
> diff --git a/scripts/qapi-commands.py b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
> index 7d93d01..34f200a 100644
> --- a/scripts/qapi-commands.py
> +++ b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
> @@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ def type_visitor(name):
>  def generate_command_decl(name, args, ret_type):
>      arglist=""
>      for argname, argtype, optional, structured in parse_args(args):
> -        argtype = c_type(argtype)
> -        if argtype == "char *":
> -            argtype = "const char *"
> +        argtype = c_type(argtype, is_param=True)

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