Like many other Optional[] types, it's not always a given that this object will be set. Wrap it in a type-shim that raises a meaningful error and will always return a concrete type.
Signed-off-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com> --- python/qemu/machine.py | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/python/qemu/machine.py b/python/qemu/machine.py index d8289936816..a451f9000d6 100644 --- a/python/qemu/machine.py +++ b/python/qemu/machine.py @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def __init__(self, binary, args=None, wrapper=None, name=None, self._events = [] self._iolog = None self._qmp_set = True # Enable QMP monitor by default. - self._qmp = None + self._qmp_connection: Optional[qmp.QEMUMonitorProtocol] = None self._qemu_full_args = None self._temp_dir = None self._launched = False @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def _pre_launch(self): if self._remove_monitor_sockfile: assert isinstance(self._monitor_address, str) self._remove_files.append(self._monitor_address) - self._qmp = qmp.QEMUMonitorProtocol( + self._qmp_connection = qmp.QEMUMonitorProtocol( self._monitor_address, server=True, nickname=self._name @@ -455,7 +455,13 @@ def set_qmp_monitor(self, enabled=True): self._qmp_set = True else: self._qmp_set = False - self._qmp = None + self._qmp_connection = None + + @property + def _qmp(self) -> qmp.QEMUMonitorProtocol: + if self._qmp_connection is None: + raise QEMUMachineError("Attempt to access QMP with no connection") + return self._qmp_connection @classmethod def _qmp_args(cls, _conv_keys: bool = True, **args: Any) -> Dict[str, Any]: -- 2.21.3