Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/3] qobject: Add a special null QObject

[Markus Armbruster]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> From: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
>
> I'm going to fix the JSON parser to recognize null.  The obvious
> representation of JSON null as (QObject *)NULL doesn't work, because
> the parser already uses it as an error value.  Perhaps we should
> change it to free NULL for null, but that's more than I can do right
> now.  Create a special null QObject instead.

Keeping my S-o-B here would clarify commit message authorship.

> The existing QDict, QList, and QString all represent something that
> is a pointer in C and could therefore be associated with NULL.  But
> right now, all three of these sub-types are always non-null once
> created, so the new null sentinel object is intentionally unrelated
> to them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

You fixed my pasto and updated a copyright note.  Thanks.