Re: Some additional obscure questions...

["Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>]

Hi -

> From: "Bob Natale" <Bob.Natale@AppliedSNMP.com>
> To: <dperkins@dsperkins.com>
> Cc: <mibs@ops.ietf.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 11:18 AM
> Subject: Re: Some additional obscure questions...
...
> So, why would you (the general "you") want to
> see fwd ref support in a MIB compiler?
...

One case where forward references may be
unavoidable is the case of DEFVALs referencing
OBJECT-TYPEs.  A contrived example:

a OBJECT-TYPE ... DEFVAL { b } ...
b OBJECT-TYPE ... DEFVAL { a } ...

Randy