list pattern

[novakmi]

Hello,

I have question regarding OC data model structure. Why do you use list pattern like this:

list interface {
    key "name";
    leaf name {
      type leafref {
        path "../config/name";
      }
    }
    container config {
      uses interface;
    }
    container state {
      uses interface;
    }  
  }

instead of this

list interface {
    key "name";        
    uses interface;
    container state {
       uses interface;
    }
}

I guess the second case is more simple to read and probably more simple for application processing (e.g. validation). In the second case, the list contains config elements (without container config) and container state for state elements. It has the same information and reuse like first pattern, but you get rid of leafref. Or is there any other reason I have missed? Maybe you really want to have config keyword in the datamodel? Thanks for feedback.