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diff --git a/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt index c19c15732d..a253e27d5f 100644 --- a/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt +++ b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ following example objects: === Commands === Usage: { 'command': STRING, '*data': COMPLEX-TYPE-NAME-OR-DICT, - '*returns': TYPE-NAME-OR-DICT, + '*returns': TYPE-NAME, '*gen': false, '*success-response': false } Commands are defined by using a dictionary containing several members, @@ -415,14 +415,13 @@ The member is optional from the command declaration; if absent, the "return" field will be an empty dictionary. If 'returns' is present, it must be the string name of a complex or built-in type, a one-element array containing the name of a complex or built-in type, -or a dictionary that declares an anonymous type with the same -semantics as a 'struct' expression, with one exception noted below -when 'gen' is used. Although it is permitted to have the 'returns' -member name a built-in type or an array of built-in types, any command -that does this cannot be extended to return additional information in -the future; thus, new commands should strongly consider returning a -dictionary-based type or an array of dictionaries, even if the -dictionary only contains one field at the present. +with one exception noted below when 'gen' is used. Although it is +permitted to have the 'returns' member name a built-in type or an +array of built-in types, any command that does this cannot be extended +to return additional information in the future; thus, new commands +should strongly consider returning a dictionary-based type or an array +of dictionaries, even if the dictionary only contains one field at the +present. All commands in Client JSON Protocol use a dictionary to report failure, with no way to specify that in QAPI. Where the error return |