Re: [PATCH 1/2] maint: use common xml quoting style

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On 12/05/2011 02:48 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> According to the official XML specification [1], attributes
> can be specified with either ' or " (where the difference is
> that you can use '"' or '"' but must use """,
> and conversely for "'" or "'" vs. ''').  But our
> code generation in src/conf prefers to output the '' notation,
> as it is easier to write C string literals for that style.
> Using a consistent style throughout libvirt will make it
> easier for users to copy-and-paste without wondering why we
> switch quoting styles mid-stream.
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#NT-Reference
> 
> Mechanical conversion done with:
> 
> $ find -name '*.xml' | \
>    xargs sed -i 's/\([a-zA-Z0-9_]*=\)"\([^"]*\)"/\1'\''\2'\''/g'
> 
> followed by inspecting the results, and touching up the change
> in tests/xml2sexprdata/xml2sexpr-escape.xml to fix 'make check'.
> 
> * cfg.mk (sc_rng_quote_style): Enforce the rule.
> * examples/xml/storage/*.xml: Fix fallout.
> * examples/xml/test/*.xml: Likewise.
> * python/libvirt-*override-api.xml: Likewise.
> * src/network/default.xml: Likewise.
> * tests/*/*.xml: Likewise.

I also meant to say:

Proposed for post-0.9.8 (no need for this much churn pre-release).  Also,

> 
> +# In xml files, prefer name='abc' over name="abc"
> +sc_rng_quote_style:
> +	@prohibit='\b[-a-zA-Z0-9_]+="'					\
> +	in_vc_files='\.(xml)$$'					\
> +	halt='use name='\'val\'', not name="val", in xml'		\
> +	  $(_sc_search_regexp)

This rule is poorly named; it should be sc_xml_quote_style.

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