[Python-Dev] _socket efficiencies ideas

[Sean Reifschneider]

On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 01:44:51PM -0500, Skip Montanaro wrote:
>Can a top-level domain be all digits?  If not, why not assume numeric if
>re.search(r"\.\d+$", addr) is not None?

I don't think anyone sane would create a top-level that's digits,
particularly in the range of 0 to 255.  That probably means that
somebody is going to do it...  ;-/

I think checking for 2 to 4 dotted octets in the range of 0 to 255
would be safest...  Yes, you can probably get away with using the regex
above, but I wouldn't want to.

Sean
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