Although the PropertySpec.path attribute is documented as
"the file where the property was last modified",
all property specs in Binding.prop2specs will claim
they were last modified by the top-level binding itself.
Consider:
- I1 is a base binding that specifies properties x and y
- I2 is an "intermediate" binding that includes I1,
modifying the specification for property x
- B is a top-level bindings that includes I2,
and specifies an additional property p
When enumerating the properties of B,
we expect the values of PropertySpec.path to tell us:
- y was last modified by I1
- x was last modified by I2
- p was last modified by B
However, the Binding constructor:
- first merges all included bindings into the top-level one
- eventually initializes specifications for all the defined properties
As a consequence, all defined properties claim they were last modified
by the top-level binding file.
We should instead:
- first, take into account their own specifications for the
included properties
- eventually update these specifications with the properties
the top-level binding adds or modifies
Signed-off-by: Christophe Dufaza <chris@openmarl.org>
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