[Python-Dev] PEP 3144 review.

[Peter Moody]

[- at google.com]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
>
>>> I don't know -- this is (from what Peter told me) a common use case so
>>> he (and presumably  others) would from time to time have to write
>>> extra code to keep track of that IP address in a new app.
>
> [MvL]
>>
>> I, and probably others, would really, REALLY like to see one such
>> "common use case". I do find it puzzling that non of the readers here
>> can think of any, and the continued assertion that use cases do exist
>> without them being presented is somewhat disturbing.
>
> A concrete use case would help put the discussion on a better technical
> footing.
>
> FWIW, it doesn't look like any of the competing packages ever
> found a need to add support for this yet-to-be-presented use case:
>  http://code.google.com/p/netaddr/wiki/YetAnotherPythonIPModule

netaddr actually does have support for this.

>>> import netaddr
>>> netaddr.IPNetwork('1.1.1.1/24').ip
IPAddress('1.1.1.1')
>>>

cheers,
/peter

> Raymond
>
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