[c-nsp] IOS - ipv6 uppercase in config - why ?

[Pete Lumbis]

Let's just hope that this isn't one of those "well, it was broken when
we first did it, and it's always been that way, so we aren't going to
change it".  e.g, port numbers in hex in "show ip cache flow".

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Brandon Applegate <brandon at burn.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jan 2011, Aaron wrote:
>
>> So, how would you propose that the system know that you are looking for an
>> IPV6 config vs something else like a description or named acl/tunnel/etc?
>>
>
> Yeah I thought of that but failed to mention it.  In short, one wouldn't put
> the (impossible ?) burden on the parser to make that determination.
>
> I think the 'right' thing to do is (for Cisco) follow the RFC(s) as the
> other posters helpfully pointed out (great info, exactly what I was looking
> for).
>
> I think the short answer for now is 'deal with it'.  The longer answer is
> stay tuned to cisco-nsp/release notes/etc. to see if/when it is changed in
> the future.
>
> This is the kind of 'minor detail' that I like to be sure I understand, and
> then put into training material I put together for our internal folks.
> Thanks to all who replied.
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