Re: The case for array properties (was: [PULL 14/15] qdev: Base object creation on QDict rather than QemuOpts)

2022-07-11 Thread Peter Maydell
On Fri, 8 Jul 2022 at 12:40, Markus Armbruster wrote: > > Cc'ing QOM maintainers. > > Peter Maydell writes: > > > On Mon, 4 Jul 2022 at 05:50, Markus Armbruster wrote: > >> My initial (knee-jerk) reaction to breaking array properties: Faster, > >> Pussycat! Kill! Kill! > > > > In an ideal world,

Re: The case for array properties (was: [PULL 14/15] qdev: Base object creation on QDict rather than QemuOpts)

2022-07-08 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 01:40:43PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote: > Cc'ing QOM maintainers. > > Peter Maydell writes: > > > On Mon, 4 Jul 2022 at 05:50, Markus Armbruster wrote: > >> My initial (knee-jerk) reaction to breaking array properties: Faster, > >> Pussycat! Kill! Kill! > > > > In an

The case for array properties (was: [PULL 14/15] qdev: Base object creation on QDict rather than QemuOpts)

2022-07-08 Thread Markus Armbruster
Cc'ing QOM maintainers. Peter Maydell writes: > On Mon, 4 Jul 2022 at 05:50, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> My initial (knee-jerk) reaction to breaking array properties: Faster, >> Pussycat! Kill! Kill! > > In an ideal world, what would you replace them with? Let's first recapitulate their intend