Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com> writes:
> Am 17.09.2014 um 13:49 hat Benoît Canet geschrieben:
>>
>>
>> > +int qemu_opts_id_wellformed(const char *id)
>>
>> This return 0 and 1 as a bool.
>> Could we make the function return bool in the same series ?
>
> I considered the change (as you probably saw, the new block.c function
> returns a bool), but then thought it wasn't important enough.
>
> In any case, that would be something for a separate patch. If you think
> it's important, I can send one.
>
>> I wonder what are the possible interferences between !strchr("-._", id[i])
>> and Jeff's node name auto naming series.
>
> We might need to update the code then, but it would actually be a good
> reason why auto-naming wouldn't hurt if it uses characters that you
> can't use manually.
I'm afraid this is something we should ponder in a wider context, not
just BDS names. Ties to other users of QemuOpts IDs, such as qdev, and
to how QOM lets users refer to objects.
