[netmod] bit positions

[Ladislav Lhotka <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

I ran into a problem when trying to translate IANA registry "DNSKEY Flags" [1]
into a YANG "bits" type. Each bit is the registry has an assigned number (0-15), 
so it seems natural to specify this number as the position of each bit in YANG.

However, it turns out that each bit contributes to the numeric value of the
entire bit field with a value of 2^(15-n) where n is the bit number. For
example, if bits ZONE (number 7) and SEP (15) are set, then the value of the
flags field, which also appears in the DNSKEY resource record, is

  257 = 2^8 + 2^0

My question is: Although it is not specified in RFC 7950, was the intention that
bit of position n contributes with 2^n?

Thanks, Lada

[1] https://www.iana.org/assignments/dnskey-flags/dnskey-flags.xhtml

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Ladislav Lhotka
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