Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 03/22] qdict: Add qdict_array_split()

[Eric Blake]

On 12/19/2013 12:47 PM, Max Reitz wrote:
> This function splits a QDict consisting of entries prefixed by
> incrementally enumerated indices into a QList of QDicts.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>
> ---
>  include/qapi/qmp/qdict.h |  1 +
>  qobject/qdict.c          | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 37 insertions(+)

> +
> +/**
> + * qdict_array_split(): This function creates a QList of QDicts. Every entry 
> in
> + * the original QDict with a key prefixed "%u.", where %u designates an 
> unsigned
> + * integer starting at 0 and incrementally counting up, will be moved to a 
> new
> + * QDict at index %u in the output QList with the key prefix removed. The
> + * function terminates when there is no entry in the QDict with a prefix
> + * directly (incrementally) following the last one.
> + * Example: {"0.a": 42, "0.b": 23, "1.x": 0, "3.y": 1, "o.o": 7}
> + *      (or {"1.x": 0, "3.y": 1, "0.a": 42, "o.o": 7, "0.b": 23})
> + *       => [{"a": 42, "b": 23}, {"x": 0}]
> + *      and {"3.y": 1, "o.o": 7} (remainder of the old QDict)

It took me a read through the function to realize the "and ...
(remainder)" comment refers to the input QDict, which is modified
in-place as a side effect.  Maybe change the first sentence to:

This function moves array-like elements of a QDict into a new QList of
QDicts.

But that's minor, and doesn't stop me from adding:

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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