Message ID | 20211217171902.2668674-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org |
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State | New |
Headers | show |
Series | [RFC] docs/devel: more documentation on the use of suffixes | expand |
On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 05:19:02PM +0000, Alex Bennée wrote: > Using _qemu is a little confusing. Let's use _compat for these sorts > of things. We should also mention _impl which is another common suffix > in the code base. > > Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> > --- > docs/devel/style.rst | 7 +++++++ > include/glib-compat.h | 6 +++--- > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> Regards, Daniel
On 12/17/21 18:19, Alex Bennée wrote: > Using _qemu is a little confusing. Let's use _compat for these sorts > of things. We should also mention _impl which is another common suffix > in the code base. > > Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> > --- > docs/devel/style.rst | 7 +++++++ > include/glib-compat.h | 6 +++--- > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
On 12/17/21 18:19, Alex Bennée wrote: > Using _qemu is a little confusing. Let's use _compat for these sorts > of things. We should also mention _impl which is another common suffix > in the code base. > > Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> > --- > docs/devel/style.rst | 7 +++++++ > include/glib-compat.h | 6 +++--- > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/devel/style.rst b/docs/devel/style.rst > index 9c5c0fffd9..60dfdf9b7f 100644 > --- a/docs/devel/style.rst > +++ b/docs/devel/style.rst > @@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ If there are two versions of a function to be called with or without a > lock held, the function that expects the lock to be already held > usually uses the suffix ``_locked``. > > +If a function is a shim designed to deal with compatibility > +workarounds we use the suffix ``_compat``. These are generally not > +called directly and aliased to the plain function name via the > +pre-processor. Another common suffix that is used is ``__impl`` which > +is often used for the concrete implementation of something that has > +multiple potential approaches hidden behind a common function name or > +one that needs expansion via the pre-processor. Another common suffix is ``_impl``; it is used for the concrete implementation of a function that will not be called directly, but rather through a macro or an inline function. Otherwise it is indeed worth documenting! Paolo > > Block structure > =============== > diff --git a/include/glib-compat.h b/include/glib-compat.h > index 9e95c888f5..9d3eb1b7a0 100644 > --- a/include/glib-compat.h > +++ b/include/glib-compat.h > @@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ > * int g_foo(const char *wibble) > * > * We must define a static inline function with the same signature that does > - * what we need, but with a "_qemu" suffix e.g. > + * what we need, but with a "_compat" suffix e.g. > * > - * static inline void g_foo_qemu(const char *wibble) > + * static inline void g_foo_compat(const char *wibble) > * { > * #if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(X, Y, 0) > * g_foo(wibble) > @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ > * ensuring this wrapper function impl doesn't trigger the compiler warning > * about using too new glib APIs. Finally we can do > * > - * #define g_foo(a) g_foo_qemu(a) > + * #define g_foo(a) g_foo_compat(a) > * > * So now the code elsewhere in QEMU, which *does* have the > * -Wdeprecated-declarations warning active, can call g_foo(...) as normal, >
diff --git a/docs/devel/style.rst b/docs/devel/style.rst index 9c5c0fffd9..60dfdf9b7f 100644 --- a/docs/devel/style.rst +++ b/docs/devel/style.rst @@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ If there are two versions of a function to be called with or without a lock held, the function that expects the lock to be already held usually uses the suffix ``_locked``. +If a function is a shim designed to deal with compatibility +workarounds we use the suffix ``_compat``. These are generally not +called directly and aliased to the plain function name via the +pre-processor. Another common suffix that is used is ``__impl`` which +is often used for the concrete implementation of something that has +multiple potential approaches hidden behind a common function name or +one that needs expansion via the pre-processor. Block structure =============== diff --git a/include/glib-compat.h b/include/glib-compat.h index 9e95c888f5..9d3eb1b7a0 100644 --- a/include/glib-compat.h +++ b/include/glib-compat.h @@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ * int g_foo(const char *wibble) * * We must define a static inline function with the same signature that does - * what we need, but with a "_qemu" suffix e.g. + * what we need, but with a "_compat" suffix e.g. * - * static inline void g_foo_qemu(const char *wibble) + * static inline void g_foo_compat(const char *wibble) * { * #if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(X, Y, 0) * g_foo(wibble) @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ * ensuring this wrapper function impl doesn't trigger the compiler warning * about using too new glib APIs. Finally we can do * - * #define g_foo(a) g_foo_qemu(a) + * #define g_foo(a) g_foo_compat(a) * * So now the code elsewhere in QEMU, which *does* have the * -Wdeprecated-declarations warning active, can call g_foo(...) as normal,
Using _qemu is a little confusing. Let's use _compat for these sorts of things. We should also mention _impl which is another common suffix in the code base. Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> --- docs/devel/style.rst | 7 +++++++ include/glib-compat.h | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)