From patchwork Wed Sep 16 11:06:22 2015 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Markus Armbruster X-Patchwork-Id: 518354 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [IPv6:2001:4830:134:3::11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8DBB914018C for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:22:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: from localhost ([::1]:49176 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcAji-0000n7-PY for incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 07:18:50 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56073) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcAY0-00078y-I9 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 07:06:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcAXw-00052Q-Je for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 07:06:44 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:36259) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcAXw-000529-Ey for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 07:06:40 -0400 Received: from int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.27]) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12D338EA26; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:06:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blackfin.pond.sub.org (ovpn-116-28.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.28]) by int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t8GB6bQk010106 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 16 Sep 2015 07:06:39 -0400 Received: by blackfin.pond.sub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 273D33002552; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:06:31 +0200 (CEST) From: Markus Armbruster To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:06:22 +0200 Message-Id: <1442401589-24189-20-git-send-email-armbru@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1442401589-24189-1-git-send-email-armbru@redhat.com> References: <1442401589-24189-1-git-send-email-armbru@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.27 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 Cc: mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v8 19/26] qapi: Improve built-in type documentation X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org Clarify how they map to JSON. Add how they map to C. Fix the reference to StringInputVisitor. Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster Reviewed-by: Eric Blake Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrange --- docs/qapi-code-gen.txt | 29 ++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt index 0884b58..5c2c278 100644 --- a/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt +++ b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt @@ -140,17 +140,24 @@ must have a value that forms a struct name. === Built-in Types === -The following types are built-in to the parser: - 'str' - arbitrary UTF-8 string - 'int' - 64-bit signed integer (although the C code may place further - restrictions on acceptable range) - 'number' - floating point number - 'bool' - JSON value of true or false - 'int8', 'int16', 'int32', 'int64' - like 'int', but enforce maximum - bit size - 'uint8', 'uint16', 'uint32', 'uint64' - unsigned counterparts - 'size' - like 'uint64', but allows scaled suffix from command line - visitor +The following types are predefined, and map to C as follows: + + Schema C JSON + str char * any JSON string, UTF-8 + number double any JSON number + int int64_t a JSON number without fractional part + that fits into the C integer type + int8 int8_t likewise + int16 int16_t likewise + int32 int32_t likewise + int64 int64_t likewise + uint8 uint8_t likewise + uint16 uint16_t likewise + uint32 uint32_t likewise + uint64 uint64_t likewise + size uint64_t like uint64_t, except StringInputVisitor + accepts size suffixes + bool bool JSON true or false === Includes ===