[Python-Dev] Accepting PEP 3144 (the ipaddress library) (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Tue May 15 19:03:09 CEST 2012

Congrats Nick and Peter!

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 5:13 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

Based on the current version of PEP 3144 and its reference implementation, I am formally accepting ipaddress into the standard library.

I believe Peter has satisfactorily resolved the concerns previously raised with the proposed API, and if I missed anything... well, that's why we have alpha releases and the new provisional API status :) There's one point that could do with better documentation, which is the meaning of a "non-strict" Network address. In ipaddr.py, non-strict networks filled the role now filled by the separate Interface objects in the ipaddress module. In ipaddress, the "strict" flag instead just selects between raising a ValueError when passed a host address (the default) or simply coercing the host address to the appropriate network address. That behaviour strikes me as both reasonable and useful - the coercion aspect just needs to be mentioned in the documentation. The integration of the module into 3.3. will be tracked in http://bugs.python.org/issue14814 Peter will also need to be granted commit access in order to maintain the module. Regards, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia

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