On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 07:05:32PM +0000, Rob Wilton (rwilton) wrote:
> 
> 
> E.g., I'm wondering, would your proposed new definition allow us to change 
> from the IETF to IEEE MAC address definition?  The underlying type is the 
> same (String), and arguably the semantics of both types is the same (i.e., 
> they both represent an IEEE 802 MAC address), but the syntax of the two types 
> clearly differs.
>

If [1] is true, then the answer is obviously 'no' since the value spaces
of the two types are disjunct.

/js

[1] 
https://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2020/yangsters-smansfield-mac-address-format-0420-v01.pdf

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