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>
diff --git a/scripts/qapi.py b/scripts/qapi.py
index 8d2681b..c0728d7 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi.py
@@ -560,15 +560,14 @@
# 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.