Re: [RFC PATCH] docs/devel: more documentation on the use of suffixes
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 --- 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,
Re: [RFC PATCH] docs/devel: more documentation on the use of suffixes
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 > --- > docs/devel/style.rst | 7 +++ > include/glib-compat.h | 6 +++--- > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Re: [RFC PATCH] docs/devel: more documentation on the use of suffixes
On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 05:19:02PM +, 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 > --- > docs/devel/style.rst | 7 +++ > include/glib-compat.h | 6 +++--- > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé 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 :|
[RFC PATCH] docs/devel: more documentation on the use of suffixes
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 --- 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. 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, -- 2.30.2