"Automatic arrayification" is a convenience feature for creating a bunch of properties with a common type, accessors and so forth, named in a peculiar way: "foo[0]", "foo[1]", ... It's implemented by making property names ending with "[*]" magical. The magic is uncalled for, as names can be just as well generated separately from adding properties.
See also https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-10/msg00623.html Markus Armbruster (4): qom: New object_gen_new_property_name() memory: Use object_gen_new_property_name() instead of "arrayification" qdev: Use object_gen_new_property_name() instead of "arrayification" Revert "qom: Add automatic arrayification to object_property_add()" hw/core/qdev.c | 18 ++++++++++++------ include/qom/object.h | 8 ++++++++ memory.c | 6 +++--- qom/object.c | 35 ++++++++++++++--------------------- 4 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) -- 1.9.3
