[Python-Dev] PEP 3144: IP Address Manipulation Library for the Python Standard Library

[Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven]

-On [20090818 22:15], Peter Moody (peter at 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.

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