[Bug 63807] No way to filter devices

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63807

--- Comment #17 from Zeeshan Ali <zeenix at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to comment #14)
> (In reply to comment #5)
> > (In reply to comment #4)
> > > (In reply to comment #2)
> > > > (In reply to comment #1)
> > > > > This is fixed by this commit, closing:
> > > > > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/spice-gtk/commit/
> > > > > ?id=0ebcc23c0642d2bddcb05ed4152497c99cb3ca1d
> > > > 
> > > > Sorry but you are not getting away that easy. :) As I pointed out on IRC,
> > > > its a very ugly API if you are asking apps to give you a very cryptic string
> > > > for filter. Surely you can add some enums/flags and allow apps to filter
> > > > through that. If you fail in that, at the very least add some docs
> > > > explaining the syntax of the filter string you are expecting from apps.
> 
> Sure, but a string is a *lot* more flexible, friendly for humans, and you
> can still get errors if it is malformed.

At runtime, yes. What if you had to change string format tomorrow? How would
you resolve the issue of existing binaries of Boxes (and other using apps)
breaking against it?

Also, IDEs won't help you with autocompletion with such dynamic strings either,
which they would if you provide a proper static API. I am very surprised with
your assertions here since I know that you are a great developer with lots of
experience. :(

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