Re: [YANG] 7.6, default value for a type

Martin Bjorklund <mbj@tail-f.com> wrote:
> Andy Bierman <ietf@andybierman.com> wrote:
> > Martin Bjorklund wrote:
> > > Andy Bierman <andy@andybierman.com> wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> Sec 7.6, para 5 says:
> > >>
> > >>     If a leaf has a "default" statement, the leaf's default value is set
> > >>     to the value of the "default" statement.  Otherwise, if the leaf's
> > >>     type has a default value, and the leaf is not mandatory, then the
> > >>     leaf's default value is set to the type's default value.  In all
> > >>     other cases, the leaf does not have a default value.
> > >>
> > >> The default value for each builtin type is not defined anywhere.
> > > 
> > > This is supposed to be a feature, not a bug.  If every type has a
> > > default, you will never be able to define optional leafs.
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > The text is misleading.
> > The builtin types do not have default values(good!)
> > The order to check the default-stmt is 1) leaf 2) typedef
> 
> Ok, so it seems we all agree.  How is the text misleading?  Should it
> say: 
> 
>      then the
>      leaf's default value is set to the type's default value, if one
>      exists.

I realized that this case was already covered by the current text.
Sorry for the noise.

/martin

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