qapi script: do not allow string discriminator

Since enum based discriminators provide better type-safety and
ensure that future qapi additions do not forget to adjust dependent
unions, forbid using string as discriminator from now on.

Signed-off-by: Wenchao Xia <wenchaoqemu@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
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Wenchao Xia 2014-03-04 18:44:39 -08:00 committed by Luiz Capitulino
parent 59ca664ef8
commit 5223070c47
12 changed files with 53 additions and 18 deletions

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@ -239,6 +239,11 @@ def check_union(expr, expr_info):
"type '%s'"
% (discriminator, base))
enum_define = find_enum(discriminator_type)
# Do not allow string discriminator
if not enum_define:
raise QAPIExprError(expr_info,
"Discriminator '%s' must be of enumeration "
"type" % discriminator)
# Check every branch
for (key, value) in members.items():