Yes, of course (you can’t reply with confd_tag_value_t for get_elem()).
Ah, OK - that is what you “should” do, but it seems leaf-lists and the combination of CONFD_DAEMON_FLAG_STRINGSONLY, CONFD_DAEMON_FLAG_LEAF_LIST_AS_LEAF, and “bulk” replies didn’t actually work in plain ConfD-6.7. Should be OK in 6.7.2, 7.1, and later.