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diff --git a/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt index ceb9a782d0..32cc68fff1 100644 --- a/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt +++ b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt @@ -118,17 +118,17 @@ tracking optional fields. Any name (command, event, type, field, or enum value) beginning with "x-" is marked experimental, and may be withdrawn or changed -incompatibly in a future release. Downstream vendors may add -extensions; such extensions should begin with a prefix matching -"__RFQDN_" (for the reverse-fully-qualified-domain-name of the -vendor), even if the rest of the name uses dash (example: -__com.redhat_drive-mirror). Other than downstream extensions (with -leading underscore and the use of dots), all names should begin with a -letter, and contain only ASCII letters, digits, dash, and underscore. -Names beginning with 'q_' are reserved for the generator: QMP names -that resemble C keywords or other problematic strings will be munged -in C to use this prefix. For example, a field named "default" in -qapi becomes "q_default" in the generated C code. +incompatibly in a future release. All names must begin with a letter, +and contain only ASCII letters, digits, dash, and underscore. There +are two exceptions: enum values may start with a digit, and any +extensions added by downstream vendors should start with a prefix +matching "__RFQDN_" (for the reverse-fully-qualified-domain-name of +the vendor), even if the rest of the name uses dash (example: +__com.redhat_drive-mirror). Names beginning with 'q_' are reserved +for the generator: QMP names that resemble C keywords or other +problematic strings will be munged in C to use this prefix. For +example, a field named "default" in qapi becomes "q_default" in the +generated C code. In the rest of this document, usage lines are given for each expression type, with literal strings written in lower case and |