Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> writes: > On 11/06/19 10:56, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> Yes, this is how introspection (both QMP and QOM) is commonly used. >> Just keep in mind one difference: QMP is static, QOM is dynamic. >> >> QMP being static means it's defined at compile time. So is the value of >> query-qmp-schema. Same QEMU build, same value. This permits caching. >> >> QOM being dynamic means to introspect an object's properties, you have >> to create it. Worse, an object's properties may (in theory) change at >> any time. *Properties*, not just property *values*. In practice, I'd >> expect properties to change only at realize time. > > Right, and we should move more towards class-based properties so that > the dynamic nature of QOM is only used for the bare minimum needed (e.g. > memory regions).
What are we doing to make new code conform to that? What are we doing to update existing code?
