tree 8173cd3fa9e23be8c71f9ce8c3d9464f4a8a9b08
parent c6b71e5ae73802057d700e2419b80aef1651f213
author Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> 1441022079 +0200
committer Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> 1441374436 +0200

qapi: Simplify error reporting for array types

check_type() first checks and peels off the array type, then checks
the element type.  For two out of four error messages, it takes pains
to report errors for "array of T" instead of just T.  Odd.  Let's
examine the errors.

* Unknown element type, e.g.
  tests/qapi-schema/args-array-unknown.json:

      Member 'array' of 'data' for command 'oops' uses unknown type
      'array of NoSuchType'

  To make sense of this, you need to know that 'array of NoSuchType'
  refers to '[NoSuchType]'.  Easy enough.  However, simply reporting

      Member 'array' of 'data' for command 'oops' uses unknown type
      'NoSuchType'

  is at least as easy to understand.

* Element type's meta-type is inadmissible, e.g.
  tests/qapi-schema/returns-whitelist.json:

      'returns' for command 'no-way-this-will-get-whitelisted' cannot
      use built-in type 'array of int'

  'array of int' is technically not a built-in type, but that's
  pedantry.  However, simply reporting

      'returns' for command 'no-way-this-will-get-whitelisted' cannot
      use built-in type 'int'

  avoids the issue, and is at least as easy to understand.

* The remaining two errors are unreachable, because the array checking
  ensures that value is a string.

Thus, reporting some errors for "array of T" instead of just T works,
but doesn't really improve things.  Drop it.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>