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Re: [netmod] Action and RPC statements

Randy Presuhn <randy_presuhn@alumni.stanford.edu> Tue, 31 October 2017 17:22 UTC

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Subject: Re: [netmod] Action and RPC statements
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Hi -

On 10/31/2017 10:14 AM, Andy Bierman wrote:
...
> The system side effects are irrelevant, but both the same for rpc and 
> action.

Knowing what the system side effects are is *ESSENTIAL* if these
things are to be of any use operationally.

> The only issues relevant to YANG are:
>     - datastore used to evaluate action ancestor nodes
>     - datastore used to evaluate input parameter leafref, must, when
>     - datastore used to evaluate output parameter leafref, must, when
> 
> 
> These properties cannot be modified by description-stmt.
> Not now, not ever. Not for rpc. Not for action.
> 
> It is irrelevant to NMDA whether the rpc or action modifies a datastore,
> starts a playlist on a jukebox, or makes some toast.

But from the an operational or interoperabilty perspective,
that information is crucial.

Randy

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