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

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.

/martin

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