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

["Acee Lindem (acee)" <[e-mail]>]

On 4/1/19, 1:30 PM, "Martin Bjorklund" <[e-mail]> wrote:

    Hi,
    
    The request was for a combined type that contains both an ip address
    *and* a prefix length in one value.  Hence the name
    "ip-address-and-prefix-length" :)

Ok - I understand now. 
    
    I know that this type is convenient, esp. if you use it for manual
    input, but I wonder if it really is good practice to squeeze two
    values into one.

Agreed. It seems a prefix with a prefix length of 32 for IPv4 or 128 for IPv6 would allow specification. The convenience is primarily for mapping to CLI.

Thanks,
Acee
    
    
    /martin
    
    
    "Acee Lindem (acee)" <[e-mail]> wrote:
    > Ok, now I'm confused. I see that the ietf-inet-type model already has the types ipv4-prefix and ipv6-prefix. How are these any different??? 
    > Thanks,
    > Acee
    > 
    > On 4/1/19, 12:31 PM, "Acee Lindem (acee)" <[e-mail]> wrote:
    > 
    >     I believe the "address-" could be omitted from the type identifiers. At least within the routing area, "ipv4-prefix" is unambiguous. 
    >     Thanks,
    >     Acee
    >     
    >     On 4/1/19, 12:14 PM, "netmod on behalf of Juergen Schoenwaelder" <[e-mail] on behalf of [e-mail]> 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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