NSO 6.1 python API: how to get value of a leaf in container "global"?

[JennyW]

The existing yang module has a container named "global", from python when I tried to access the leaf (e.g. delay) using root.xxx.global.delay, the package failed to load because "global" is a keyword in python. Is there another way to access this container in python?

The yang module looks like this:

...
container global {
   ...
   leaf delay {
      type uint32;
      description "xxx";
   }
   ...
}

[JennyW]

Never mind, I think I can use get_elem in Transaction.

[snovello · Accepted solution]

Just for completeness, other solutions are

root.xxx['global'].delay

or you can use the module prefix. So if global is defined in a yang module with a prefix 'm' you can access 'delay' using

root.xxx.m__global.delay

Note: there is a double underscore

Using the module prefix is mainly to disambiguate when you have two modules both of which use the same identifier, but comes in handy for python keywords as well.

[JennyW]

Good to know that, thanks!