Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Fix confused output for alias properties

[Markus Armbruster]

Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> writes:

> Il 22/09/2014 13:22, Gonglei (Arei) ha scritto:
>> > This doesn't change the fact that ObjectProperty is a generic struct,
>> > and adding alias-specific fields there is wrong.
>> 
>> OK, Maybe I should find other ways to attach this purpose and
>> avoid layering violation. Thanks!
>
> Unfortunately I cannot think of any.
>
> We could add a description field to ObjectProperty, and replace
> legacy_name with a description.  The output then would be
>
> virtio-blk.drive=str (drive)
>
> That's a bit hackish, but perhaps it would be good enough for mst and
> Markus?

Works for me.  A step towards better self-documentation of properties.