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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2-resend 02/30] libxl: idl: allow KeyedUnion members to be empty



Rob Hoes writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH v2-resend 02/30] libxl: idl: allow 
KeyedUnion members to be empty"):
> This is useful when the key enum has an "invalid" option and avoids
> the need to declare a dummy struct. Use this for domain_build_info
> resulting in the generated API changing like so:
>     --- tools/libxl/_libxl_BACKUP_types.h
>     +++ tools/libxl/_libxl_types.h
>     @@ -377,8 +377,6 @@ typedef struct libxl_domain_build_info {
>                  const char * features;
>                  libxl_defbool e820_host;
>              } pv;
>     -        struct {
>     -        } invalid;
>          } u;

I assume that the problem here is that the compiler rejects the empty
struct.

> -                 ("invalid", Struct(None, [])),
> +                 ("invalid", None),

Is it really necessary to do this with a special-cased new "None" type
rather than just fixing the empty structs by putting a dummy member in
them ?

Ian.

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