Re: [PATCH 5/9] domain_conf: replace switch with if in virDomainChrDefFree()

On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 15:11:08 +0200, Kristina Hanicova wrote: > Switch is used for just one case, so I replaced it with a simple > if condition. > > Signed-off-by: Kristina Hanicova <khanicov(a)redhat.com&gt; > --- > src/conf/domain_conf.c | 7 +------ > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c > index b903dac1cb..f51476c968 100644 > --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c > +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c > @@ -2904,8 +2904,7 @@ void virDomainChrDefFree(virDomainChrDef *def) > if (!def) > return; > > - switch (def->deviceType) { Alternatively a more future proof (but more verbose) approach which we are doing in many places is to use the proper type (either by fixing the struct to use proper type, or typecasting) in the switch expression and then simply enumerate all values. That way any further addition doesn't have to un-do this patch.