On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven<asmo...@in-nomine.org> wrote: > -On [20090818 22:15], Peter Moody (pe...@hda3.com) wrote: >>I have a first draft of a PEP for including an IP address manipulation >>library in the python stdlib. It seems like there are a lot of really >>smart folks with some, ahem, strong ideas about what an IP address >>module should and shouldn't be so I wanted to solicit your input on >>this pep. >> >>the pep can be found here: >> >> http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3144/ > > No chance at the moment to test/look through the code, so please excuse any > obvious ones, I'm basing my comments on the PEP. > > Some elaboration on handling ipv4 mapped addresses would be nice, e.g. > ::ffff:c000:280 and/or ::ffff:192.168.0.128 > > Some IPv6 examples would also help the PEP I think. Especially on how 0 > compression is handled in addresses. > > Maybe show ipv4 examples on non-class boundaries, e.g. /23 instead of /24, > so people are more convinced it handles CIDR properly. > > Clarification on whether this library will support converting a sequence of > networks into another sequence where the networks which comprise consecutive > netblocks will be collapsed in a new entry. E.g. 2 /24s that are neighbours > will be represented as one /23. > > I realise some might be answered by the last paragraph of your PEP, but it > would be nice to know what you consider essential and what not.
I've updated the pep with lots of examples; most of the stuff you're asking for is already supported, I just didn't do a good job explaining it. A few things are pending review. Cheers, /peter > -- > Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai(-at-)in-nomine.org> / asmodai > イェルーン ラウフロック ヴァン デル ウェルヴェン > http://www.in-nomine.org/ | http://www.rangaku.org/ | GPG: 2EAC625B > They have learned nothing, and forgotten nothing... > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
