On Mon, 15 Aug 2022 22:09:29 +0200 Johannes Berg wrote: > On Wed, 2022-08-10 at 19:23 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > > > +Note that attribute spaces do not themselves nest, nested attributes refer to their internal > > +space via a ``nested-attributes`` property, so the YAML spec does not resemble the format > > +of the netlink messages directly. > > I find this a bit ... confusing. > > I think reading the other patch I know what you mean, but if I think of > this I think more of the policy declarations than the message itself, > and there we do refer to another policy? > > Maybe reword a bit and say > > Note that attribute spaces do not themselves nest, nested attributes > refer to their internal space via a ``nested-attributes`` property > (the name of another or the same attribute space). > > or something? I think I put the cart before the horse in this looong sentence. How about: Note that the YAML spec is "flattened" and is not meant to visually resemble the format of the netlink messages (unlike certain ad-hoc documentation formats seen in kernel comments). In the YAML spec subordinate attribute sets are not defined inline as a nest, but defined in a separate attribute set referred to with a ``nested-attributes`` property of the container.
