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

Mahesh Jethanandani <mjethanandani@gmail.com> Mon, 01 April 2019 19:40 UTC

Return-Path: <mjethanandani@gmail.com>
X-Original-To: netmod@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: netmod@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD77512051C for <netmod@ietfa.amsl.com>; Mon, 1 Apr 2019 12:40:22 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -1.999
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.999 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no
Authentication-Results: ietfa.amsl.com (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Hwkvqw6qzlAf for <netmod@ietfa.amsl.com>; Mon, 1 Apr 2019 12:40:20 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from mail-oi1-x22f.google.com (mail-oi1-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 414951204FB for <netmod@ietf.org>; Mon, 1 Apr 2019 12:40:20 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by mail-oi1-x22f.google.com with SMTP id 3so8356455oir.7 for <netmod@ietf.org>; Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:40:20 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=e5NTHhCHrj2F0jWmg6B+Nz5lfVOrrTLYgipwG+KR9q0=; b=W8pgcCs28hOQvsGWdUdB61jX0p4PhDA0BluViiOeXkYx4y2XBx1AYZBivMVmqscbXx PS86h3/dBugzcAWWbT7DBrVPYd1R5L/EYejQ9SiWehuqxRl1JtqfyD2DIWYgVXcZcYKJ seDEkd5GfntF+dnSzlwMxajzzFsZQwcX+r2a2lNq2x1PvyvqscyzWN6KFIWA7kMH49rJ nQ/hgp8FbetBQH7Q9TnCTxYJp0p000LF3bN+IRauhsjL7zDBLV5HgXu5Cj9o9S2r0kIk 0hP7/nEFAo1zRb7d3sM67jMxeAp7GyQRm8kUiCu94Qp2B+Fcbq8wwHTEVZs2LLmeVbYZ n7bQ==
X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=e5NTHhCHrj2F0jWmg6B+Nz5lfVOrrTLYgipwG+KR9q0=; b=tv8e9jdoH+45EE+vfn5BBQAg8WyDUSSktUJ6+k2XIjOoUjil3Lm1lbLKObccDXzjql HimlwjaxCOqBMiJYMxfiSO8ehs0dN/YnXnBmpLbtAsHT54+E8Y8gn2OmsnLb/FwQj5ZV K4WdqzAcWMEynpe2hzwi1hRLnQTFYJrWwvI1JKlXH7QbuYBBTegAeTbuNf0QukZbeCoL HH7KveMOl3/QTQqisZx2/9LNMJPI5tdRrngR32bivDr9OcQ9dpxrwOir9iW1d330ivqX fZA6wkWW5o+74md0DoC2hp1V5SanoyslUlyq8M78ABCr9nax+T+e3rYYJnov0ys/Jcwf b/Tg==
X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXH7XkRLK0Lb6pUGi6X0En9PqA333rAF2ml7CDqlv76E7Sa4rTF tL+TzQNeYUtVgCEn2KmgCdg=
X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwuzrcFuMmKgLg48V0FwztJs+qyiCLZ63zKh7GJ3z5fX5VeTqO9yJ4K2sZKSYWt1E0saV7g/A==
X-Received: by 2002:aca:3905:: with SMTP id g5mr9561557oia.49.1554147619483; Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:40:19 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from [192.168.106.157] ([69.239.249.38]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b17sm4555691otq.26.2019.04.01.12.40.18 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:40:18 -0700 (PDT)
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0)
From: Mahesh Jethanandani <mjethanandani@gmail.com>
X-Mailer: iPad Mail (16A404)
In-Reply-To: <20190401.192951.1060904547331848297.mbj@tail-f.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:40:18 -0700
Cc: acee@cisco.com, netmod@ietf.org
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Message-Id: <073226E5-F7D4-455D-AC88-B3D13FF103DD@gmail.com>
References: <20190401161321.seiodlfsmjjvjcp5@anna.jacobs.jacobs-university.de> <F1537180-6BF3-40C7-BCFA-3AAE0290AE9D@cisco.com> <A0F7987F-AA67-4A63-8FEE-3B74B5B47CF1@cisco.com> <20190401.192951.1060904547331848297.mbj@tail-f.com>
To: Martin Bjorklund <mbj@tail-f.com>
Archived-At: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/netmod/r8LcXvEI2pTo9bildK7Q7xXcw4U>
Subject: Re: [netmod] 6991bis: address-with-prefix-length
X-BeenThere: netmod@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29
Precedence: list
List-Id: NETMOD WG list <netmod.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/options/netmod>, <mailto:netmod-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/netmod/>
List-Post: <mailto:netmod@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:netmod-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod>, <mailto:netmod-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 19:40:30 -0000

> On Apr 1, 2019, at 10:29 AM, Martin Bjorklund <mbj@tail-f.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.

Agree. The combination makes sense for CLI, but for modeling the address and prefix should be separate.

Mahesh Jethanandani
mjethanandani@gmail.com