Re: [libvirt] new API to get list of *all* interfaces matching a MAC

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 03:24:13PM -0400, Laine Stump wrote: > (This probably seems like overanalysis of a simple problem. That's what > I'm best at ;-) > > Due to oversight, the function virInterfaceLookupByMACString() can only > return a single interface, but it's possible that a host may have more > than one interface with the same MAC. Since the API had already been > released by the time we realized this, the existing function will remain > and a new one added that can return a list of interfaces. This new API > will need to deal with the fact that the list length is effectively > unbounded. I can see three ways of dealing with this, and want to learn > which is preferred by others before spending time on the implementation. I'm rather wondering why exactly we need another API.