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+check-qdict
+check-qfloat
+check-qint
+check-qjson
+check-qlist
+check-qstring
+test-qapi-types.[ch]
+test-qapi-visit.[ch]
+test-qmp-commands.h
+test-qmp-commands
+test-qmp-input-strict
+test-qmp-marshal.c
+*-test