Support for DELETE obejct on list level about ydk-gen HOT 4 CLOSED

DELETE is and SHOULD only be applicable on leafs/leaf-list.
Not on containers or lists. For that one would use the DELETE service in CRUD

DELETE roughly corresponds to the no command , where you set the value of a leaf/leaf-list to it's default value (or erase the value completel)

The update operation SHOULD NOT be used to delete list items or presence containers .

The name DELETE might be a misnomer here . Where is this requirement coming from??

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Coming from a demo script. The user want to delete all items in a list, and try to assign a DELETE object for an instance of python class generated by list statement. Checked the use example in rfc 6241:

     <rpc message-id="101"
          xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
       <edit-config>
         <target>
           <running/>
         </target>
         <default-operation>none</default-operation>
         <config xmlns:xc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
           <top xmlns="http://example.com/schema/1.2/config">
             <protocols>
               <ospf>
                 <area>
                   <name>0.0.0.0</name>
                   <interfaces>
                     <interface xc:operation="delete">
                       <name>192.0.2.4</name>
                     </interface>
                   </interfaces>
                 </area>
               </ospf>
             </protocols>
           </top>
         </config>
       </edit-co

thought this would be a reasonable use case. We might need to add documentation for DELETE object?

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I think Manu is correct that we shouldn't be doing a delete as part of an update. We discussed this extensively while refining the semantics of the CRUD service. If we want to combine update, create and delete in a single operation, then what we need to have is a "NETCONF Service".

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Great, then we will close this issue. And the user should use NETCONF service if the combination of create, delete and update is needed in a single operation.

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