Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 01/16] qom/object: Add a new function object_initialize_child()

[Thomas Huth]

On 13.07.2018 23:46, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 11:29:17PM +0200, Andreas Färber wrote:
>> Am 13.07.2018 um 23:16 schrieb Eduardo Habkost:
>>> I wonder if we should deprecate object_initialize() and support
>>> only object_initialize_child() later.  Initializing an object
>>> contained inside another one without making it a child of the
>>> parent object is a recipe for trouble.
>>
>> The root container object needs to be initialized, too.
> 
> If the object is not embedded in another struct, I would expect
> it to be created using object_new() instead of
> object_initialize().

True. So I guess having a closer look at code that calls
object_initialize() only is something for our TODO lists once 3.0 has
been released...

 Thomas