Re: [netmod] 6991bis: address-with-prefix-length

[Kristian Larsson <[e-mail]>]

On 2019-04-17 21:20, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:
> Kristian,
> 
> I was instructed to upload draft-ietf-netmod-6991bis-00 without any
> changes relative to draft-schoenw-netmod-6991bis-01 and this explains
> why there is no address-with-prefix-length. The next version will have
> definitions for ip-address-and-prefix, ipv4-address-and-prefix, and
> ipv6-address-and-prefix - so not action needed from your side at this
> point in time.

Ah, okay, I see! :)

Very well, then I'll leave Emacs alone ;)

I wonder though, isn't ipX-address-and-prefix-length the clearer name, 
or if we do want to shorten then ipX-address-and-plen. I think Martin 
stated the case for ipX-address-and-prefix but that is IMHO not the way 
this is typically perceived by people.

1.2.3.4/24
^^^^^^^----- ipv4 address
        ^^^-- ipv4 prefix length

now, taking the prefix-length you know that 1.2.3 is the prefix but does 
that mean the above is an IPv4 address and a prefix? Or is it just that 
you can infer the prefix from the above? It's just different ways of 
looking at it. My experience tells me ipX-address-and-prefix-length is 
the clearer way of conveying what this is.

    kll




> 
> /js
> 
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 09:07:48PM +0200, Kristian Larsson wrote:
>> Juergen,
>>
>> not sure where we really landed with this. I see 6991bis-00 is available but
>> without any of these types. I still think these data types makes sense and
>> would like to see them included. There are some people against and there are
>> some people for. Would it help if I wrote a few lines of YANG for this and
>> sent to you?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>     Kristian.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2019-04-01 18:13, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:
>>> This is the right time for this and I would call these
>>> ip-address-prefix, ipv4-address-prefix and ipv6-address
>>> prefix.
>>>
>>> /js
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 04:38:34PM +0200, Kristian Larsson wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> seeing that 6991 is up for a refresh I wonder if this would be the time to
>>>> suggest the addition of a type for address-and-prefix-length, for example
>>>> like 192.0.2.1/24?
>>>>
>>>> I find that it's the most natural way express the address and prefix-length
>>>> to configure on an interface or for some other use. We currently have an
>>>> ip-prefix type which allows CIDR style prefixes but since all bits to the
>>>> right of the mask is to be 0 it is only possible to use for describing the
>>>> IP prefix / network address itself - not the address of a host in that
>>>> network.
>>>>
>>>> I actually wish the interface-ip modules would have used a combined leaf for
>>>> these settings rather than the dual-leaf approach it currently has, but I
>>>> suppose that ship has sailed :/
>>>>
>>>> Regardless, can we add such a type? Is this the document and time to do it?
>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>> Kind regard,
>>>>      Kristian.
>>>>
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