The expression that controls the permissible format of IPv6 addresses in
yang-types is of this ilk.
" type string {
pattern '((:|[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}):)([0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}:){0,5}'
+ '((([0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}:)?(:|[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}))|'
+ '(((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9]?[0-9])\.){3}'
+ '(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9]?[0-9])))'
+ '(/(([0-9])|([0-9]{2})|(1[0-1][0-9])|(12[0-8])))';
pattern '(([^:]+:){6}(([^:]+:[^:]+)|(.*\..*)))|'
+ '((([^:]+:)*[^:]+)?::(([^:]+:)*[^:]+)?)'
+ '(/.+)'; "
when the bsi botched modula-2 standardisation and destroyed the language [0],
professor wirth pinned to his wall the a4 page it took them to describe the
null statement.
this piece of dystopian beauty is worthy of a wall.
randy
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[0] http://www.scifac.ru.ac.za/cspt/sc22wg13.htm