> -----Original Message----- > From: netmod <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Martin Bjorklund > Sent: 01 April 2019 18:30 > To: Acee Lindem (acee) <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [netmod] 6991bis: address-with-prefix-length > > Hi, > > The request was for a combined type that contains both an ip address > *and* a prefix length in one value. Hence the name "ip-address-and-prefix- > length" :) > > 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.
Perhaps allowing YANG to support a tuple type would be an elegant solution. I.e. the value exists on a single path, and has to be atomically updated, but the value can still be composed from different types. Thanks, Rob > > > /martin > > > "Acee Lindem (acee)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok, now I'm confused. I see that the ietf-inet-type model already has the > types ipv4-prefix and ipv6-prefix. How are these any different??? > > Thanks, > > Acee > > > > On 4/1/19, 12:31 PM, "Acee Lindem (acee)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I believe the "address-" could be omitted from the type identifiers. At > least within the routing area, "ipv4-prefix" is unambiguous. > > Thanks, > > Acee > > > > On 4/1/19, 12:14 PM, "netmod on behalf of Juergen Schoenwaelder" > <[email protected] on behalf of j.schoenwaelder@jacobs- > university.de> wrote: > > > > This is the right time for this and I would call these > > ip-address-prefix, ipv4-address-prefix and ipv6-address > > prefix. > > > > /js > > > > On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 04:38:34PM +0200, Kristian Larsson wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > seeing that 6991 is up for a refresh I wonder if this would be > > the time > to > > > suggest the addition of a type for address-and-prefix-length, for > example > > > like 192.0.2.1/24? > > > > > > I find that it's the most natural way express the address and > > prefix- > length > > > to configure on an interface or for some other use. We currently > have an > > > ip-prefix type which allows CIDR style prefixes but since all > > bits to the > > > right of the mask is to be 0 it is only possible to use for > > describing the > > > IP prefix / network address itself - not the address of a host in > > that > > > network. > > > > > > I actually wish the interface-ip modules would have used a > > combined > leaf for > > > these settings rather than the dual-leaf approach it currently > > has, but > I > > > suppose that ship has sailed :/ > > > > > > Regardless, can we add such a type? Is this the document and time > > to > do it? > > > :) > > > > > > Kind regard, > > > Kristian. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > netmod mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod > > > > -- > > Juergen Schoenwaelder Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH > > Phone: +49 421 200 3587 Campus Ring 1 | 28759 Bremen | > Germany > > Fax: +49 421 200 3103 <https://www.jacobs-university.de/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > netmod mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > netmod mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod > _______________________________________________ > netmod mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod _______________________________________________ netmod mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod
