Re: 8.1) <get-all>

[Phil Shafer <phil@juniper.net>]

I'm just confused about whether you are saying you see a group of
folks who are concerned about an issue or whether there's a real
concensus that this is an issue.  I see some discussion but not a
consensus.

Anyway, I see the issue as more style than anything.  As a programmer,
I see the rpc methods as functions in an API.  A get_config()
function sits well with my view.  Putting everything under a single
get() function doesn't.  I think it fits better with the netconf
idea of solving real problems in real terms, rather than generic
ones in generic terms.  We want to deal with configuration in a
specific sense, just as we deal with running configurations and
candidate configurations as specific datastores with specific,
well-known behaviors.

This also fits with the design goal that the API should say what
it means, rather than allow important operations to happens as
side-effects of generic operations.  For example, we have a 'commit'
operation, not a commit operation that happens as a side-effect of
copying files.

The unix syscall API could have been reduced to the simple, generic,
easily documentable function 'syscall()', but think of the utility
that would have been lost.  Specificity wins for developers on
both sides of the netconf.

Thanks,
 Phil


P.s.: And trust me, I never pick on _anyone's_ speling. ;^)



"Tim Stoddard" writes:
>Phil,
>
>see 2, add the word growing before it. Then show me a political group
>without a single dissenter, see 1.
>
>
>1. An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole: ?Among political
>women... there is a clear consensus about the problems women candidates have
>traditionally faced? (Wendy Kaminer). See Usage Note at redundancy.
>
>2. General agreement or accord
>
>sorry about the spelling if that was your point.
>
>thanks,
>
>Tim
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Phil Shafer [mailto:phil@juniper.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:24 AM
>To: tstoddar@utstar.com
>Cc: 'Randy Presuhn'; netconf@ops.ietf.org
>Subject: Re: 8.1) <get-all>
>
>
>"Tim Stoddard" writes:
>>I want to re-emphasize that I believe there is growing concensus (I never
>>said majority) that understands ....
>
>Huh?
>
>xhttp://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=consensus
>
>Thanks,
> Phil
>

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