object_property_help() uses the conventional command line syntax instead
of the JSON syntax. In particular,
- Key-value pairs are written in the command line syntax.
- bool description passed to the function says on/off instead of
true/false.
However, there is one exception: default values are formatted into JSON.
While the command line and JSON syntaxes are consistent in many cases,
there are two types where they disagree:
string: The command line syntax omits quotes while JSON requires them.
bool: JSON only accepts true/false for bool but the command line syntax
accepts on/off too, and on/off are also more popular than
true/false. For example, the docs directory has 2045 "on"
occurances while it has only 194 "true" occurances.
on/off are also accepted by OnOffAuto so users do not have to
remember the type is bool or OnOffAuto to use the values.
Omit quotes for strings and use on/off for bools when formatting
default values for better consistency.
Signed-off-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250207-bool-v1-1-5749d5d6df24@daynix.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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