Re: [802.3_YANG] Maximum line length of YANG modules

[Robert Wilton <rwilton@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Marek,

I'm not sure.  Without the formatting I think that they are hard to read 
and review.

Thanks,
Rob


On 14/12/2016 12:21, Marek Hajduczenia wrote:
> Robert,
>
> We *could* break them down to the proper limit when they are actually published as RFC and not bother with formatting so early on. Would that make more sense?
>
> Marek
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Wilton [mailto:rwilton@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 6:44 AM
> To: STDS-802-3-YANG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [802.3_YANG] Maximum line length of YANG modules
>
> Hi,
>
> IETF YANG modules lines are restricted to 69 characters. This is because
> they are embedded into RFCS (max 72 characters/line), and the module
> ends up being indented by 3 spaces in the RFC.
>
> For my updates to the 802.3 Ethernet YANG modules, I am also currently
> formatting the maximum line length to 69 characters, but I don't know if
> IEEE uses a higher limit for MIBs/YANG modules. If I should be using a
> different, higher limit, then please can you let me know, and I'll
> reformat the descriptions accordingly.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
> .