[PATCH v2 09/21] qapi: nail down convention that Errors sections are lists

John Snow posted 21 patches 5 months ago
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[PATCH v2 09/21] qapi: nail down convention that Errors sections are lists
Posted by John Snow 5 months ago
By unstated convention, Errors sections are rST lists.  Document the
convention, and make the one exception conform.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
---
 docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst | 7 +++++++
 qapi/transaction.json        | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst
index f453bd35465..cee43222f19 100644
--- a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst
@@ -1011,6 +1011,13 @@ like this::
 "Returns" and "Errors" sections are only valid for commands.  They
 document the success and the error response, respectively.
 
+"Errors" sections should be formatted as an rST list, each entry
+detailing a relevant error condition. For example::
+
+ # Errors:
+ #     - If @device does not exist, DeviceNotFound
+ #     - Any other error returns a GenericError.
+
 A "Since: x.y.z" tagged section lists the release that introduced the
 definition.
 
diff --git a/qapi/transaction.json b/qapi/transaction.json
index 5749c133d4a..07afc269d54 100644
--- a/qapi/transaction.json
+++ b/qapi/transaction.json
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 #     additional detail.
 #
 # Errors:
-#     Any errors from commands in the transaction
+#     - Any errors from commands in the transaction
 #
 # Note: The transaction aborts on the first failure.  Therefore, there
 #     will be information on only one failed operation returned in an
-- 
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