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

[Michael Foord]

Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> DrKJam <drkjam <at> gmail.com> writes:
>   
>> netaddr employs a simple variant of the GoF Strategy design pattern (with
>>     
> added Python sensibility).
>
> It would be nice if you could avoid employing this kind of acronyms without
> explaining them. Not everybody drinks the design pattern kool-aid.
> (Google tells me that GoF seems to mean "Gang of Four", which is of course as
> meaningful as a hip-hop band name can be :-))
>   

Really? Discussing the GoF design patterns by name seems to be prevalent 
amongst the programmers I know (yourself excluded of course...).

Michael

> In any case, if you think netaddr's implementation strategy is better than
> ipaddr's, a detailed comparison would be welcome.
>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.
>
>
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