[Python-Dev] PEP 3144 review.

[Peter Moody]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Eric Smith <eric at trueblade.com> wrote:
> Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>>
>> Peter Moody <peter <at> hda3.com> writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> However, I do not think
>>>>>>> that the proposed API should accept, eg,
>>>>>>> IPv4Network('192.168.1.1/24')
>>>>>>> as valid.  That's just too confusing and error prone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Indeed, it should throw some kind of ValueError instead.
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter, what do you think?
>>>
>>> I disagree. It seems overly pedantic to throw a valueerror on this.
>>> IPy does (used to do?) this and it's one of the primary reasons I
>>> wrote ipaddr.
>>
>> Python is not PHP and does not try to be overly "smart" or tolerant when
>> faced
>> with bizarrely-formatted input.
>>
>> I don't see any valid reason for entering a network as "192.168.1.1/24"
>> rather
>> than the canonical "192.168.1.0/24". The former might indicate a typing
>> error or
>> a mental slip, so let's be helpful and signal it to the user.
>
> I completely agree. I don't know of any situation where I'd want a network
> of "192.168.1.1/24" to be anything other than an error.

when you're entering the address of your nic.

> Eric.
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