Re: MIB lint web page available

[Bob Natale <natale@erols.com>]

At 12/8/2000:03:30 PM, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:

Hi Juergen,

>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.

Noted.

>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. ;-)

Yes, that is good...I like that "accommodation".

Thanks,

BobN