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Mehmet Ersue <m_ersue@yahoo.de> Wed, 05 December 2007 22:17 UTC

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Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:17:38 +0000
From: Mehmet Ersue <m_ersue@yahoo.de>
Subject: RE: [NGO] NETCONF Data types
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> > But I was more specifically worried about counter versus
> > gauge versus integer versus unsigned integer versus. Historically these
> > turned into CLRs.
> >   
> I totally disagree.
> I remember several times, NMS programmers at Cisco
> asking for int8, int16, uint8, uint16.  It is very useful
> to have these 'extra' types.
> 
> I also think it has been very useful to distinguish between
> gauges, counters, and simple numbers in SMIv2.
> If one followed your logic to the end, we would only
> have 'string', since that is the only 'real' content in an
> XML simpleType.

I agree that the the basic types are used very frequently and are 
therefor helpful to ease the development and to get it consistent.
 
Cheers,
Mehmet




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