Re: [netmod] Question on YANG 'fraction-digit' statement

Martin Bjorklund <mbj@tail-f.com> Thu, 19 December 2019 11:21 UTC

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Subject: Re: [netmod] Question on YANG 'fraction-digit' statement
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Hi,

"Ivory, William" <william.ivory@intl.att.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got a question about the 'fraction-digit' statement which I'm
> hoping someone can clarify. I know it is used to specify the range of
> valid values, as shown (in part) in the table below:
> 
> 
>      +----------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
>      | fraction-digit | min                   | max                  |
>      +----------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
>      | 1              | -922337203685477580.8 | 922337203685477580.7 |
>      | 2              | -92233720368547758.08 | 92233720368547758.07 |
>      | 3              | -9223372036854775.808 | 9223372036854775.807 |
> 
> 
> 
> My question is whether it implicitly imposes any restriction on the
> number of digits that can follow the decimal point for a valid value,
> ie for 'fraction-digits 2', is 123.45678 valid, or only 123.45?

If fraction-digits is 2, it means, according to section 9.3 in RFC
7950, that the value space consists of the real numbers that are
expressible as "i x 10^-2", where "i" is a 64-bit integer.  123.45678
cannot be expressed in this way, which means that it is not a valid
value for this type.


/martin