On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> wrote: > Section "QMP/Guest agent schema" is one big paragraph, encumbered with > more detail than necessary. It also claims JSON null isn't supported, > which is untrue since commit e53188a, v2.4.0. Rewrite it. > > Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com> > --- > docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------ > 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt > index f5b7659caf..3186c36460 100644 > --- a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt > +++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt > @@ -25,24 +25,24 @@ how the schemas, scripts, and resulting code are used. > > == QMP/Guest agent schema == > > -A QAPI schema file is designed to be loosely based on JSON > -(http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc7159.txt) with changes for quoting style > -and the use of comments; a QAPI schema file is then parsed by a python > -code generation program. A valid QAPI schema consists of a series of > -top-level expressions, with no commas between them. Where > -dictionaries (JSON objects) are used, they are parsed as python > -OrderedDicts so that ordering is preserved (for predictable layout of > -generated C structs and parameter lists). Ordering doesn't matter > -between top-level expressions or the keys within an expression, but > -does matter within dictionary values for 'data' and 'returns' members > -of a single expression. QAPI schema input is written using 'single > -quotes' instead of JSON's "double quotes" (in contrast, Client JSON > -Protocol uses no comments, and while input accepts 'single quotes' as > -an extension, output is strict JSON using only "double quotes"). As > -in JSON, trailing commas are not permitted in arrays or dictionaries. > -Input must be ASCII (although QMP supports full Unicode strings, the > -QAPI parser does not). At present, there is no place where a QAPI > -schema requires the use of JSON numbers or null. > +Schema syntax is based on JSON (RFC 7159), with the following > +differences: > + > +* Comments (see below) > + > +* No JSON numbers > + > +* Strings use 'single quotes' instead of "double quotes" > + > +* The input character set is plain ASCII > + > + Unicode characters need to be escaped. In contrast, the Client JSON > + Protocol uses UTF-8. > + > +A QAPI schema consists of a sequence of JSON values (top-level > +expressions), with no commas between them. The order of top-level > +expressions doesn't matter. The order of keys in JSON objects is > +generally relevant. > > > === Comments === > -- > 2.13.6 > > -- Marc-André Lureau
