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

Kristian Larsson <kristian@spritelink.net> Tue, 02 April 2019 12:28 UTC

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Subject: Re: [netmod] 6991bis: address-with-prefix-length
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Hi Rob,

On 2019-04-02 14:17, Rob Wilton (rwilton) wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: netmod <netmod-bounces@ietf.org> On Behalf Of Martin Bjorklund
>> Sent: 01 April 2019 18:30
>> To: Acee Lindem (acee) <acee@cisco.com>
>> Cc: netmod@ietf.org
>> Subject: Re: [netmod] 6991bis: address-with-prefix-length
>>
>> 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" :)
>>
>> 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.
> 
> Perhaps allowing YANG to support a tuple type would be an elegant solution.  I.e. the value exists on a single path, and has to be atomically updated, but the value can still be composed from different types.

I think that would be a great addition to YANG. I've had numerous 
discussions over the awkardness of using a grouping to group multiple 
leaves together when you really want to define some form of compound / 
tuple type.

However, that is a longer term project and IMHO not something that 
should stop adding a ip-address-and-prefix-length type to 6991bis today :)

Kind regards,
    Kristian.

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