[Qemu-devel] Use a hex string (was: [PATCH] qemu: json: Fix parsing of integers >= 0x8000000000000000)

[Jamie Lokier]

Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> The problem is to be able to send 64 bit memory and disk offsets
> faithfully.  This doesn't just fail to solve the problem, it's
> actually going to make it a whole lot worse.

Such offsets would be so much more readable in hexadecimal.

So why not use a string "0xffff800012340000" instead?

That is universally Javascript compatible as well as much more
convenient for humans.

Or at least, *accept* a hex string wherever a number is required by
QMP (just because hex is convenient anyway, no compatibility issue),
and *emit* a hex string where the number may be out of Javascript's
unambiguous range, or where a hex string would make more sense anyway.

-- Jamie