Antoine Pitrou wrote:
Peter Moody <peter <at> hda3.com> writes:
However, I do not think
that the proposed API should accept, eg, IPv4Network('192.168.1.1/24')
as valid. That's just too confusing and error prone.
Indeed, it should throw some kind of ValueError instead.
Peter, what do you think?
I disagree. It seems overly pedantic to throw a valueerror on this.
IPy does (used to do?) this and it's one of the primary reasons I
wrote ipaddr.
Python is not PHP and does not try to be overly "smart" or tolerant when faced
with bizarrely-formatted input.
I don't see any valid reason for entering a network as "192.168.1.1/24" rather
than the canonical "192.168.1.0/24". The former might indicate a typing error or
a mental slip, so let's be helpful and signal it to the user.
I completely agree. I don't know of any situation where I'd want a
network of "192.168.1.1/24" to be anything other than an error.
Eric.
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