prefix patterns cannot be defined as constants

[Kai]

Hi there!

Just noticed that (shorthand and long) prefix patterns cannot be defined as constants. During a quick search I couldn't find this behaviour documented, so maybe it might be considered a bug?

Example:

define my_const = fc01:2345::/48+;

... returns a syntax error.

As does:

define my_const = fc01:2345::/48{48,128};

Best regards, Kai

[Ondrej Zajicek]

Post by Kai
Hi there!
Just noticed that (shorthand and long) prefix patterns cannot be defined as constants. During a quick search I couldn't find this behaviour documented, so maybe it might be considered a bug?

This is expected. Prefix patterns are not independent entities, it is
just a syntax to write prefix set literals.

But you could define whole prefix sets as constants.