Re: [PATCH v2] qdict: Preserve order for iterating qdict elements

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Sat, Sep 02, 2023 at 05:40:40PM +0800, William Tsai wrote:
> Changing the structure of qdict so that it can preserve order when
> iterating qdict. This will fix array_properties as it relies on `len-`
> prefixed argument to be set first.
> 
> Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1090
> Signed-off-by: William Tsai <williamtsai1111@gmail.com>

This is a variation of what Markus illustrated a year ago

  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2022-07/msg00758.html

I wasn't a particular fan of that approach at the time.

I've made an alternative proposal here which avoids the broader
impact of this QDict change:

  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2023-09/msg00652.html

With regards,
Daniel
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