Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3] tools: ynl: introduce option to process unknown attributes or types

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 07:46:38 -0700

On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 07:41:20 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > What is "type" and "len" good for here?  
> 
> I already gave you a longer explanation, if you don't like the
> duplication, how about you stop keying them on a (stringified?!) id.

Let's step back, why do you needs this?
Is what you're trying to decode inherently un-typed?
Or is it truly just for ease of writing specs for old families?