Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [RFC 0/7] QError v1

[Anthony Liguori]

Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Anthony Liguori wrote:
>   
> > Jamie Lokier wrote:
> >     
> > > Anthony Liguori wrote:
> > >  
> > >       
> > > > Okay, let's get more clever then and do:
> > > >
> > > > #define QERR_DEV_NFOUND "{ 'code': 404, 'name': %s}"
> > > >    
> > > >         
> > > By the way, since you've already invented a non-standard JSON
> > > extension, which is the single quotes, why not go a step further and
> > > permit the quotes to be omitted for simple tokens?
> > >
> > > #define QERR_DEV_NFOUND "{ code: 404, name: %s}"
> > >
> > > Much neater, IMHO.
> > >  
> > >       
> > Javascript has keywords (like true, false, and null) that could lead to 
> > confusion using such a syntax.
> >     
>
> I was thinking only before the colon in a dictionary.  Are the keywords
> a problem in those positions, for Qemu?
>   

Eh, that's adding all sorts of nasty context-sensitivity and would abuse 
the lexer keyword tokens.

I really don't think it's justified.  I also think it's ugly :-)

Regards,

Anthony Liguori