netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/6] tools/net/ynl: Report netlink errors without stacktrace

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Message-ID: <20240308111614.043c49f0@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 11:16:14 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: michel@...hel-slm.name, Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric
 Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Jacob
 Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, Stanislav
 Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>, donald.hunter@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/6] tools/net/ynl: Report netlink errors
 without stacktrace

On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 10:27:01 -0800 Breno Leitao wrote:
> > I'm far from a Python expert, so up to you :)
> > I used type hints a couple of times in the past, they are somewhat
> > useful, but didn't feel useful enough to bother. Happy for someone
> > else to do the work, tho :)  
> 
> I am a big fan of type hitting, since it help in reviewing code, as also
> with tooling that help you to find problems, since the function returns
> and arguments now have a type.
> 
> What are the top 3 python scripts we have in network today? I can try to
> find some time to help.

I think ynl.py (and nlspec.py) is by far the most used / active piece
of Python we have today.