Re: MIB lint web page available

[Juergen Schoenwaelder <schoenw@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>]

>>>>> Bob Natale writes:

Bob> True.  But I've always wondered what is the rationale behind that
Bob> rule -- to allow enumerations on INTEGERs but not on
Bob> Integer32s...?

Formally, it is how ASN.1 works since the Integer32 definition has a
range associated with it.

>From a modeling point of view, I believe we should have Integer32 and
Enumeration to clearly separate the two concepts. In other words, I
prefer to read INTEGER as Enumeration in SMIv2 MIBs. ;-)

/js

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