On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 05:57:38PM +0100, Andreas Färber wrote: [...]
And it's true that we could in fact just instantiate the object for -device foo,? - it's just that nobody wrote code for that. I didn't do the original QOM conversion so I don't feel guilty, I don't normally use -device foo,? so not affected, I followed Anthony's instructions for how to and how not to implement things. In a few cases Anthony has changed his mind (method inheritence for instance) but for that you'll need to discuss with him and not just argue with me about something that Anthony has decided in the past. That's just pissing me off because it feels like a waste of my time.
You are not alone. I remember we spent lots of time trying to convince Anthony to allow global properties and compat_props affect dynamic properties not just static properties, and static properties were a big deal due to reasons I didn't understand completely. Now I am hearing the opposite message, and I don't understand the reasons for the change of plans. I am confused. -- Eduardo