On 04/29/2015 01:14 PM, John Snow wrote:
> This includes support for [] expressions, single-quotes in
> QMP expressions (which is not strictly a part of JSON), and
> the ability to use "True", "False" and "None" literals instead
> of JSON's equivalent true, false, and null literals.
>
> qmp-shell currently allows you to describe values as
> JSON expressions:
> key={"key":{"key2":"val"}}
>
> But it does not currently support arrays, which are needed
> for serializing and deserializing transactions:
> key=[{"type":"drive-backup","data":{...}}]
>
> qmp-shell also only currently accepts doubly quoted strings
> as-per JSON spec, but QMP allows single quotes.
>
> Lastly, python allows you to utilize "True" or "False" as
> boolean literals, but JSON expects "true" or "false". Expand
> qmp-shell to allow the user to type either, converting to the
> correct type.
>
> As a consequence of the above, the key=val parsing is also improved
> to give better error messages if a key=val token is not provided.
>
> CAVEAT: The parser is still extremely rudimentary and does not
> expect to find spaces in {} nor [] expressions. This patch does
> not improve this functionality.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Snow <[email protected]>
> ---
> scripts/qmp/qmp-shell | 63
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> > > +class FuzzyJSON(ast.NodeTransformer): > + '''This extension of ast.NodeTransformer filters literal > "true/false/null" > + values in an AST and replaces them by proper "True/False/None" values > that > + Python can properly evaluate.''' > + def visit_Name(self, node): > + if node.id == 'true': > + node.id = 'True' > + if node.id == 'false': > + node.id = 'False' > + if node.id == 'null': > + node.id = 'None' > + return node Cute! Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <[email protected]> -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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