Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> writes:
> On 9/10/19 1:37 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> Pattern *.json also matches the tests/qapi-schema/*.json. Separates
>> them from the tests/qapi-schema/*.{err,exit,out} in diffs. I hate
>> that. Change the pattern to match just the "real" QAPI schemata.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> scripts/git.orderfile | 4 ++--
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>
> Should we ever do a mass rename of *.json into *.qapi (since our qapi
> files are NOT quite JSON)? But that doesn't change the viability of
> this patch.
Naming them .json is misleading. We're closer to Python than to JSON.
Many .json files ask Emacs for Python mode, because that works better
than JavaScript mode.
Options:
* Rename to .qapi. The files that don't ask for Python mode now get
Fundamental mode instead of JavaScript mode. Minor regression.
* Rename to .py, and drop the lines asking for Python mode. Still
misleading, but less so.
* Likewise, and tweak the syntax so it's actually Python.
* Switch to some less egregiously ill-suited syntax. TOML, perhaps.
* Do nothing.
Right now, I'd prefer to do nothing.