Re: [RFC PATCH nft] parser: Set base chain prios with textual names

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On 4 June 2018 at 11:58, Máté Eckl <ecklm94@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What I'm not sure of is:
>         - Are these token values considered user-friendly or usable?
>         - Is printing of these values with their names desired?
>
> What do you think?
>
> -- 8< --
> This patch adds the possibility to use textual names to set the chain priority
> to basic values so that numeric values do not need to be learnt any more for
> basic usage.
>
> Example:
>         nft> add table inet x
>         nft> add chain inet x y {type filter hook prerouting priority PRIO_MANGLE ;}
>         nft> list ruleset
>         table inet x {
>                 chain y {
>                         type filter hook prerouting priority -150; policy accept;
>                 }
>         }
>

I believe the idea is good. But also, you should print the friendly
names instead of the magic numbers :-P
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