Unicode string  should be start with 'L"' or "L'",  but like as "Less" is not 
Unicode string

> -----Original Message-----
> From: edk2-devel [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Carsey, Jaben
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 2:49 AM
> To: Laszlo Ersek <[email protected]>; Zhao, ZhiqiangX
> <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]; Gao, Liming <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [edk2] [PATCH] BaseTools: covert "unicode string" to "byte
> array" if value type diff.
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: edk2-devel [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> > Laszlo Ersek
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 11:37 AM
> > To: Zhao, ZhiqiangX <[email protected]>
> > Cc: [email protected]; Gao, Liming <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [edk2] [PATCH] BaseTools: covert "unicode string" to "byte
> > array" if value type diff.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 10/17/18 13:08, Zhaozh1x wrote:
> > > For the same one VOID* pcd, if the default value type of one sku is
> > > "unicode string", the other skus are "OtherVOID*"(ascii string or
> > > byte array),Then covert "unicode string" to "byte array".
> > >
> > > Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
> > > Signed-off-by: ZhiqiangX Zhao <[email protected]>
> > > Cc: Liming Gao <[email protected]>
> > > Cc: Yonghong Zhu <[email protected]>
> > > Reviewed-by: Bob Feng <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > >  BaseTools/Source/Python/Workspace/DscBuildData.py | 9 +++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/Python/Workspace/DscBuildData.py
> > b/BaseTools/Source/Python/Workspace/DscBuildData.py
> > > index 7854e71db6..9b783de84b 100644
> > > --- a/BaseTools/Source/Python/Workspace/DscBuildData.py
> > > +++ b/BaseTools/Source/Python/Workspace/DscBuildData.py
> > > @@ -2877,6 +2877,15 @@ class DscBuildData(PlatformBuildClassObject):
> > >              elif TAB_DEFAULT in pcd.SkuInfoList and TAB_COMMON in
> > pcd.SkuInfoList:
> > >                  del pcd.SkuInfoList[TAB_COMMON]
> > >
> > > +        #For the same one VOID* pcd, if the default value type of one 
> > > sku is
> > "unicode string",
> > > +        #the other skus are "OtherVOID*"(ascii string or byte array),Then
> > covert "unicode string" to "byte array".
> > > +        for pcd in Pcds.values():
> > > +            PcdValueTypeList = []
> > > +            for sku in pcd.SkuInfoList.values():
> > > +                PcdValueTypeList.append("UnicodeString" if
> > sku.DefaultValue.startswith("L") else "OtherVOID*")
> > > +            if "UnicodeString" in PcdValueTypeList and "OtherVOID*" in
> > PcdValueTypeList:
> 
> If you use a set instead of a list here, it will save memory any then instead 
> of
> testing for both items being there, you could just check the length being > 1
> which would also be faster than 2 "in" tests.
> 
> > > +                for sku in pcd.SkuInfoList.values():
> > > +                    sku.DefaultValue = StringToArray(sku.DefaultValue) if
> > sku.DefaultValue.startswith("L") else sku.DefaultValue
> > >
> > >          map(self.FilterSkuSettings, Pcds.values())
> > >          return Pcds
> > >
> >
> > no comments on the code change, just a superficial one on the subject
> > line: please replace "covert" with "convert".
> >
> > There are two more instances of the typo in the patch: in the commit
> > message, and in the new code too. (Three occurrences in total.)
> >
> > Normally I shouldn't obsess about such small typos, in case they don't
> > obscure the intended meaning. However, "covert" did confuse me,
> because
> > it is an existent word, and it has a specific meaning in computing:
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_channel
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Laszlo
> > _______________________________________________
> > edk2-devel mailing list
> > [email protected]
> > https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel
> _______________________________________________
> edk2-devel mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel
_______________________________________________
edk2-devel mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel

Reply via email to