[Python-Dev] PEP 3144 review. (original) (raw)

Andrew McNamara andrewm at object-craft.com.au
Fri Sep 18 02:49:49 CEST 2009

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:41:37 am Andrew McNamara wrote:

In the olden days, the mask was spelled out in octets (eg 255.255.255.0). But we've moved to a more compact and logical notation where the number of leading significant bits is specified (eg /24). I hope you're not suggesting the older notation be unsupported? I would expect to be able to use a mask like 255.255.255.192 without having to count bits myself.

No, of course not - I was just explaining the relationship between the two notations for people who may not have been aware.

-- Andrew McNamara, Senior Developer, Object Craft http://www.object-craft.com.au/

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