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diff --git a/scripts/qapi.py b/scripts/qapi.py
index e7c814dbc8..487998244b 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi.py
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ def discriminator_find_enum_define(expr):
return find_enum(discriminator_type)
+# FIXME should enforce "other than downstream extensions [...], all
+# names should begin with a letter".
valid_name = re.compile('^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]*$')
def check_name(expr_info, source, name, allow_optional = False,
enum_member = False):
@@ -367,6 +369,8 @@ def check_name(expr_info, source, name, allow_optional = False,
def add_name(name, info, meta, implicit = False):
global all_names
check_name(info, "'%s'" % meta, name)
+ # FIXME should reject names that differ only in '_' vs. '.'
+ # vs. '-', because they're liable to clash in generated C.
if name in all_names:
raise QAPIExprError(info,
"%s '%s' is already defined"