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authorMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2023-04-25 08:42:13 +0200
committerMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2023-04-28 11:48:34 +0200
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qapi: @foo should be used to reference, not ``foo``
Documentation suggests @foo is merely shorthand for ``foo``. It's not, it carries additional meaning: it's a reference to a QAPI schema name. Reword the documentation to spell that out. Fix up the few ``foo`` that should be @foo. Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@yandex-team.ru> Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> Message-Id: <20230425064223.820979-7-armbru@redhat.com>
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The usual ****strong****, *\*emphasized\** and ````literal```` markup
should be used. If you need a single literal ``*``, you will need to
-backslash-escape it. As an extension beyond the usual rST syntax, you
-can also use ``@foo`` to reference a name in the schema; this is rendered
-the same way as ````foo````.
+backslash-escape it.
+
+Use ``@foo`` to reference a name in the schema. This is an rST
+extension. It is rendered the same way as ````foo````, but carries
+additional meaning.
Example::