Re: [netmod] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC7950 (5157)

[Andy Bierman <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 1:35 AM, Martin Bjorklund <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Benoit Claise <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Shall I validate this one?
>
> No I don't think this is correct.  We choose a quoted string to be
> able to correctly represent all YANG integer and decimal64 values.
> Note that XPath doesn't have integers, just 64-bit floats.  This means
> that not all 64-bit integers can be expressed as numbers in XPath.
>
>
It's OK to leave this out since it requires a code change.


Read sec. 2.3 again:

The node test text() is true for any text node.




>
> /martin
>
>

Andy


>
> >
> > Regards, Benoit
> > > The following errata report has been submitted for RFC7950,
> > > "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language".
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------
> > > You may review the report below and at:
> > > http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5157
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------
> > > Type: Technical
> > > Reported by: Andy Bierman <[e-mail]>
> > >
> > > Section: 14
> > >
> > > Original Text
> > > -------------
> > >    key-predicate-expr  = node-identifier *WSP "=" *WSP quoted-string
> > >
> > > Corrected Text
> > > --------------
> > >    key-predicate-expr  = node-identifier *WSP "=" *WSP
> > >          (quoted-string / integer-value / decimal-value)
> > >
> > > Notes
> > > -----
> > > An instance identifier is forced to specify every key value to be a
> > > string
> > > even though the YANG key leaf type could be a numeric type.
> > > XPath does not require a quoted string here, just YANG.
> > >
> > > Old:  /top/list[idx="4"]
> > > New: /top/list[idx=4]
> > >
> > > Instructions:
> > > -------------
> > > This erratum is currently posted as "Reported". If necessary, please
> > > use "Reply All" to discuss whether it should be verified or
> > > rejected. When a decision is reached, the verifying party
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> > >
> > > --------------------------------------
> > > RFC7950 (draft-ietf-netmod-rfc6020bis-14)
> > > --------------------------------------
> > > Title               : The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language
> > > Publication Date    : August 2016
> > > Author(s)           : M. Bjorklund, Ed.
> > > Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> > > Source              : NETCONF Data Modeling Language
> > > Area                : Operations and Management
> > > Stream              : IETF
> > > Verifying Party     : IESG
> > > .
> > >
> >
>