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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] qom: Rename object_new_with_props to object
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Daniel P . Berrangé |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] qom: Rename object_new_with_props to object_new_child |
Date: |
Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:04:24 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) |
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:59:44AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 11:58:07AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> > On 08/17/2018 11:48 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 09:33:33AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> > >> While adding the object_initialize_child() function, Paolo suggested
> > >> to rename the similar object_new_with_props() function accordingly:
> > >>
> > >> http://marc.info/address@hidden
> > >>
> > >> This way it is more obvious that this function creates a new object
> > >> as a child of another object.
> > >
> > > I'd expect 'object_new_with_child' to be the same as 'object_new',
> > > but with only 'parent' & 'id' args added, which isn't the case here.
> > >
> > > If we want the full & consistent design then we should have
> > >
> > > object_new(typename)
> > > object_new_with_child(typename, parent, id)
> > > object_new_props(typename, ...)
> > > object_new_propv(typename, va_arg props)
> > > object_new_with_child_props(typename, parent, id, ...)
> > > object_new_with_child_propv(typename, parent, id, va_arg props)
> >
> > "new_with_child" sounds wrong, too, since the parent is not created
> > here, but the child. Anyway, I guess the naming of these functions is
> > too much subject to bikeshedding, so never mind, let's keep it as it
> > currently is.
>
> True, 'new_with_parent' is a better choice in retrospect :-)
Or indeed 'object_new_child' and 'object_new_child_prop{s,v}' approx as
you had suggested
Regards,
Daniel
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