Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 0/7] Introduce API for dumping domain IP addresses

>> This API is called virDomainInterfacesAddresses (okay, maybe >> too many plurals) and returns a dynamically allocated array >> of virDomainInterface struct. The great disadvantage once >> this gets released, it's written in stone and we cannot change >> or add an item into it. Therefore we might add a padding into >> it - something like reserved for future use. On the other hand, >> everything important is already there - what else we will want >> to add? :) > > How about returning an XML document instead of a struct? We've been > burned by structs in the past... If we decide to go this way, then we should return JSON which is easier to parse within C code. However, the most easy to use is current proposal IMO.