[PATCH v2 14/16] python/qemu: make 'args' style arguments immutable

[John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>]

These arguments don't need to be mutable and aren't really used as
such. Clarify their types as immutable and adjust code to match where
necessary.

In general, It's probably best not to accept a user-defined mutable
object and store it as internal object state unless there's a strong
justification for doing so. Instead, try to use generic types as input
with empty tuples as the default, and coerce to list where necessary.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/qemu/machine.py | 30 +++++++++++++++++-------------
 python/qemu/qtest.py   | 16 ++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/qemu/machine.py b/python/qemu/machine.py
index 64197fc8492..d32e5599ce3 100644
--- a/python/qemu/machine.py
+++ b/python/qemu/machine.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 import errno
+from itertools import chain
 import logging
 import os
 import subprocess
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@
     Dict,
     List,
     Optional,
+    Sequence,
+    Tuple,
     Type,
 )
 from types import TracebackType
@@ -67,8 +70,12 @@ class QEMUMachine:
         # vm is guaranteed to be shut down here
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, binary, args=None, wrapper=None, name=None,
-                 test_dir="/var/tmp",
+    def __init__(self,
+                 binary: str,
+                 args: Sequence[str] = (),
+                 wrapper: Sequence[str] = (),
+                 name: Optional[str] = None,
+                 test_dir: str = "/var/tmp",
                  monitor_address: Optional[SocketAddrT] = None,
                  socket_scm_helper=None, sock_dir=None):
         '''
@@ -86,14 +93,7 @@ def __init__(self, binary, args=None, wrapper=None, name=None,
         # Direct user configuration
 
         self._binary = binary
-
-        if args is None:
-            args = []
-        # Copy mutable input: we will be modifying our copy
         self._args = list(args)
-
-        if wrapper is None:
-            wrapper = []
         self._wrapper = wrapper
 
         self._name = name or "qemu-%d" % os.getpid()
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def __init__(self, binary, args=None, wrapper=None, name=None,
         self._iolog = None
         self._qmp_set = True   # Enable QMP monitor by default.
         self._qmp_connection: Optional[qmp.QEMUMonitorProtocol] = None
-        self._qemu_full_args = None
+        self._qemu_full_args: Tuple[str, ...] = ()
         self._temp_dir = None
         self._launched = False
         self._machine = None
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ def launch(self):
             raise QEMUMachineError('VM already launched')
 
         self._iolog = None
-        self._qemu_full_args = None
+        self._qemu_full_args = ()
         try:
             self._launch()
             self._launched = True
@@ -356,8 +356,12 @@ def _launch(self):
         """
         devnull = open(os.path.devnull, 'rb')
         self._pre_launch()
-        self._qemu_full_args = (self._wrapper + [self._binary] +
-                                self._base_args + self._args)
+        self._qemu_full_args = tuple(
+            chain(self._wrapper,
+                  [self._binary],
+                  self._base_args,
+                  self._args)
+        )
         LOG.debug('VM launch command: %r', ' '.join(self._qemu_full_args))
         self._popen = subprocess.Popen(self._qemu_full_args,
                                        stdin=devnull,
diff --git a/python/qemu/qtest.py b/python/qemu/qtest.py
index 05c63a1d583..ae4661d4d3e 100644
--- a/python/qemu/qtest.py
+++ b/python/qemu/qtest.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from typing import (
     List,
     Optional,
+    Sequence,
     TextIO,
 )
 
@@ -103,8 +104,13 @@ class QEMUQtestMachine(QEMUMachine):
     A QEMU VM, with a qtest socket available.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, binary, args=None, name=None, test_dir="/var/tmp",
-                 socket_scm_helper=None, sock_dir=None):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 binary: str,
+                 args: Sequence[str] = (),
+                 name: Optional[str] = None,
+                 test_dir: str = "/var/tmp",
+                 socket_scm_helper: Optional[str] = None,
+                 sock_dir: Optional[str] = None):
         if name is None:
             name = "qemu-%d" % os.getpid()
         if sock_dir is None:
@@ -118,8 +124,10 @@ def __init__(self, binary, args=None, name=None, test_dir="/var/tmp",
     @property
     def _base_args(self) -> List[str]:
         args = super()._base_args
-        args.extend(['-qtest', 'unix:path=' + self._qtest_path,
-                     '-accel', 'qtest'])
+        args.extend([
+            '-qtest', f"unix:path={self._qtest_path}",
+            '-accel', 'qtest'
+        ])
         return args
 
     def _pre_launch(self):
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