old_contents: # SNMP variables MIB resolution
  from pysnmp.smi import builder, view, rfc1902, error
  
  # MIB Builder manages pysnmp MIBs
  mibBuilder = builder.MibBuilder()
  
  # MIB View Controller implements various queries to loaded MIBs
  mibView = view.MibViewController(mibBuilder)
  
  # Obtain MIB object information by MIB object name
  mibVar = rfc1902.ObjectIdentity('IF-MIB', 'ifInOctets', 1)
  
  # Optionally attach PySMI MIB compiler to MIB Builder that would
  # create pysnmp MIBs on demand from ASN.1 sources downloaded from
  # a web site.
  try:
      mibVar.addMibCompiler('http://mibs.snmplabs.com/asn1/<mib>')
  except error.SmiError:
      print('WARNING: not using MIB compiler (PySMI not installed)')
  
  mibVar.resolveWithMib(mibView)
  
  print(mibVar.prettyPrint(), tuple(mibVar), str(mibVar))
  
  # Obtain MIB object information by its [sequence] OID
  mibVar = rfc1902.ObjectIdentity(tuple(mibVar)).resolveWithMib(mibView)
  
  print(mibVar.prettyPrint(), tuple(mibVar), str(mibVar))
  
  # Obtain MIB object information by its [string] OID
  mibVar = rfc1902.ObjectIdentity(str(mibVar)).resolveWithMib(mibView)
  
  print(mibVar.prettyPrint(), tuple(mibVar), str(mibVar))
  
  # Create an OID-value pair (called variable-binding in SNMP)
  varBind = rfc1902.ObjectType(
      rfc1902.ObjectIdentity('SNMPv2-MIB', 'sysObjectID', 0), '1.3.6.1'
  ).resolveWithMib(mibView)
  
  print(varBind[0].prettyPrint(), varBind[1].__class__.__name__, varBind[1].prettyPrint())
  
  # Create just OID
  varBind = rfc1902.ObjectType(
      rfc1902.ObjectIdentity('SNMPv2-MIB', 'sysObjectID', 0)
  ).resolveWithMib(mibView)
  
  print(varBind[0].prettyPrint(), varBind[1].__class__.__name__, varBind[1].prettyPrint())
  
  # Create var-binds from MIB notification object (without OBJECTS clause)
  varBinds =  rfc1902.NotificationType(
      rfc1902.ObjectIdentity('SNMPv2-MIB', 'coldStart')
  ).resolveWithMib(mibView)
  
  print([ '%s = %s(%s)' % (x[0].prettyPrint(), x[1].__class__.__name__, x[1].prettyPrint()) for x in varBinds])
  
  # Create var-binds from MIB notification object (with OBJECTS clause)
  varBinds =  rfc1902.NotificationType(
      rfc1902.ObjectIdentity('IF-MIB', 'linkUp'),
      instanceIndex = (1,),
      objects= { ('IF-MIB', 'ifOperStatus'): 'down' }
  ).resolveWithMib(mibView)
  
  print(varBinds.prettyPrint())
  
  
new_contents: # SNMP variables MIB resolution
  from pysnmp.smi import builder, view, rfc1902, error
  
  # MIB Builder manages pysnmp MIBs
  mibBuilder = builder.MibBuilder()
  
  # MIB View Controller implements various queries to loaded MIBs
  mibView = view.MibViewController(mibBuilder)
  
  # Obtain MIB object information by MIB object name
  mibVar = rfc1902.ObjectIdentity('IF-MIB', 'ifInOctets', 1)
  
  # Optionally attach PySMI MIB compiler to MIB Builder that would
  # create pysnmp MIBs on demand from ASN.1 sources downloaded from
  # a web site.
  try:
      mibVar.addMibCompiler('http://mibs.snmplabs.com/asn1/@mib@')
  except error.SmiError:
      print('WARNING: not using MIB compiler (PySMI not installed)')
  
  mibVar.resolveWithMib(mibView)
  
  print(mibVar.prettyPrint(), tuple(mibVar), str(mibVar))
  
  # Obtain MIB object information by its [sequence] OID
  mibVar = rfc1902.ObjectIdentity(tuple(mibVar)).resolveWithMib(mibView)
  
  print(mibVar.prettyPrint(), tuple(mibVar), str(mibVar))
  
  # Obtain MIB object information by its [string] OID
  mibVar = rfc1902.ObjectIdentity(str(mibVar)).resolveWithMib(mibView)
  
  print(mibVar.prettyPrint(), tuple(mibVar), str(mibVar))
  
  # Create an OID-value pair (called variable-binding in SNMP)
  varBind = rfc1902.ObjectType(
      rfc1902.ObjectIdentity('SNMPv2-MIB', 'sysObjectID', 0), '1.3.6.1'
  ).resolveWithMib(mibView)
  
  print(varBind[0].prettyPrint(), varBind[1].__class__.__name__, varBind[1].prettyPrint())
  
  # Create just OID
  varBind = rfc1902.ObjectType(
      rfc1902.ObjectIdentity('SNMPv2-MIB', 'sysObjectID', 0)
  ).resolveWithMib(mibView)
  
  print(varBind[0].prettyPrint(), varBind[1].__class__.__name__, varBind[1].prettyPrint())
  
  # Create var-binds from MIB notification object (without OBJECTS clause)
  varBinds =  rfc1902.NotificationType(
      rfc1902.ObjectIdentity('SNMPv2-MIB', 'coldStart')
  ).resolveWithMib(mibView)
  
  print([ '%s = %s(%s)' % (x[0].prettyPrint(), x[1].__class__.__name__, x[1].prettyPrint()) for x in varBinds])
  
  # Create var-binds from MIB notification object (with OBJECTS clause)
  varBinds =  rfc1902.NotificationType(
      rfc1902.ObjectIdentity('IF-MIB', 'linkUp'),
      instanceIndex = (1,),
      objects= { ('IF-MIB', 'ifOperStatus'): 'down' }
  ).resolveWithMib(mibView)
  
  print(varBinds.prettyPrint())
  
  
subject: use @mib@ placeholder instead of <mib> at pysmi