qapi: Reuse code for flat union base validation

Rather than open-code the check for a valid base type, we
should reuse the common functionality. This allows for
consistent error messages, and also makes it easier for a
later patch to turn on support for inline anonymous base
structures.

Test flat-union-inline is updated to test only one feature
(anonymous branch dictionaries), which can be implemented
independently (test flat-union-bad-base already covers the
idea of an anonymous base dictionary).

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <1443565276-4535-10-git-send-email-eblake@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/qapi.py b/scripts/qapi.py
index 8d2681b24b..c0728d73e1 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi.py
@@ -560,15 +560,14 @@ def check_union(expr, expr_info):
     # Else, it's a flat union.
     else:
         # The object must have a string member 'base'.
-        if not isinstance(base, str):
+        check_type(expr_info, "'base' for union '%s'" % name,
+                   base, allow_metas=['struct'])
+        if not base:
             raise QAPIExprError(expr_info,
-                                "Flat union '%s' must have a string base field"
+                                "Flat union '%s' must have a base"
                                 % name)
         base_fields = find_base_fields(base)
-        if not base_fields:
-            raise QAPIExprError(expr_info,
-                                "Base '%s' is not a valid struct"
-                                % base)
+        assert base_fields
 
         # The value of member 'discriminator' must name a non-optional
         # member of the base struct.