From acc34c2144deb12d4f1968efb3fd64b40f5e1142 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eduardo Habkost Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 22:54:22 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs/devel/qom: Use *emphasis* for emphasis MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit is not valid reST syntax. Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini Message-Id: <20201003025424.199291-5-ehabkost@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost --- docs/devel/qom.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/devel/qom.rst b/docs/devel/qom.rst index a47e1b9a23..0c610e20d6 100644 --- a/docs/devel/qom.rst +++ b/docs/devel/qom.rst @@ -174,17 +174,17 @@ dynamically cast it to an object that implements the interface. Methods ======= -A method is a function within the namespace scope of +A *method* is a function within the namespace scope of a class. It usually operates on the object instance by passing it as a strongly-typed first argument. If it does not operate on an object instance, it is dubbed -class method. +*class method*. Methods cannot be overloaded. That is, the #ObjectClass and method name uniquely identity the function to be called; the signature does not vary except for trailing varargs. -Methods are always virtual. Overriding a method in +Methods are always *virtual*. Overriding a method in #TypeInfo.class_init of a subclass leads to any user of the class obtained via OBJECT_GET_CLASS() accessing the overridden function. The original function is not automatically invoked. It is the responsibility