Hi guys,
The second case is NBC. I remember wondering the same thing myself but the type
in OLD is foo which the type in NEW is union. That is NBC (and in some
encodings outside of XML, sending that leaf with type foo vs type union, member
foo would be different).
OLD
type foo;
NEW
type union {
type foo;
type bar
}
The first case is NBC if the addition of the new member adds a new type to the
list of members. So it depends on the underlying types of foo, bar and baz. If
they were all strings, for example, then it is BC. But if foo and bar are
“int” and then “baz” is a string, then adding that new member type into the
union is NBC.
Jason
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Italo,
Yes, this too would be BC according to the rules. There may be some situations
where this kind of change might be disruptive in the real world, however, for
example if you did this to a list key.
Best Regards,
/jan
Thanks Jan
Following the same logic, also the following change can be considered BC:
OLD
type foo;
NEW
type union {
type foo;
type bar
}
Is my understanding correct?
Thanks again
Italo
From: Jan Lindblad <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Sent: giovedì 18 gennaio 2024 10:33
To: Italo Busi <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [netmod] Is changing the type with union a BC change?
Italo,
Yes, in my judgement this change should be considered BC according to YANG
rules.
Note that the BC concept is a sort of *agreement* between client and server
implementors that determines what kind of changes a) are allowed + b) have to
be tolerated. Even when things are BC, that does not guarantee that things will
always keep interoperating properly.
Best Regards,
/jan
On 17 Jan 2024, at 23:22, Italo Busi
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
I have some questions/doubts about whether changing a type with union is a BC
or NBC change
For example, is the following change a BC or NBC change?
OLD
type union {
type foo;
type bar
}
NEW
type union {
type foo;
type bar;
type baz
}
Section 11 of RFC7950 is silent on this case although this change is expanding
the allowed value space and therefore it looks like a BC change
Thanks, Italo
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