add note on how to handle ALIAS

which "jumps ahead" in the tree

diff --git a/src/lib/util/pair_legacy.c b/src/lib/util/pair_legacy.c
index 975df397227f5c25a964b7c61bfe3e36224c592c..371ecf8c213925e19f521b1cf6d684dff58df45c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/lib/util/pair_legacy.c
+++ b/src/lib/util/pair_legacy.c
@@ -330,6 +330,18 @@ redo:
                }
                fr_assert(da != NULL);
 
+#if 0
+               /*
+                *      @todo - If we're at the root, then aliases can cause us to jump over intermediate
+                *      attributes.  In which case we have to create the intermediate attributes, too.
+                */
+               if (relative->da) {
+                       if (relative->da->flags.is_root) {
+                               fr_assert(da->depth == 1);
+                       }
+               }
+#endif
+
                /*
                 *      Intermediate components are always found / created.  The final component is
                 *      always appended, no matter the operator.