On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 11:18:41AM +0100, Markus Armbruster wrote: > Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com> writes: > > > Am 24.01.2020 um 11:27 hat Daniel P. Berrangé geschrieben: > >> So if we allowed YAML instead of JSON, now we get... > >> > >> $ cat qemu.yaml > >> --- > >> arguments: > >> - arg: object > >> data: > >> type: secret > >> id: libvirt-5-storage-secret0 > >> data: > >> 9eao5F8qtkGt+seB1HYivWIxbtwUu6MQtg1zpj/oDtUsPr1q8wBYM91uEHCn6j/1 > >> keyid: masterKey0 > >> iv: AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODw== > >> format: base64 > >> - arg: object > >> data: > >> type: secret > >> id: libvirt-5-format-luks-secret0 > >> data: > >> 9eao5F8qtkGt+seB1HYivWIxbtwUu6MQtg1zpj/oDtUsPr1q8wBYM91uEHCn6j/1 > >> keyid: masterKey0 > >> iv: AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODw== > >> format: base64 > >> - arg: blockdev > >> data: > >> node-name: libvirt-5-format > >> read-only: false > >> driver: qcow2 > >> encrypt: > >> format: luks > >> key-secret: libvirt-5-format-luks-secret0 > >> file: > >> driver: iscsi > >> portal: example.org:6000 > >> target: iqn.1992-01.com.example:storage > >> lun: 1 > >> transport: tcp > >> user: myname > >> password-secret: libvirt-5-storage-secret0 > >> node-name: libvirt-5-storage > >> auto-read-only: true > >> discard: unmap > >> $ qemu-system-x86_64 -f qemu.yaml > >> > >> This is finally something I'd consider to be on a par with the > >> original QEMU syntax, before we added hierarchical data. You > >> have the minimal possible amount of syntax here. No commas, > >> no quotes, no curly brackets, etc. > > > > This seems to have the same problems as the QEMU command line (how do > > you distinguish strings from ints, from bools, from null?). > > True: YAML provides only string scalars.
Actually, YAML provides strings, integers, booleans & nulls, the same level of typing at JSON, but with added benefit of supporting comments officially: https://rollout.io/blog/yaml-tutorial-everything-you-need-get-started/ Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
