> I've just subscribed to python-dev again after being pointed towards > this thread (thanks Raymond).
The same for me, thanks. :-) I'm the author of IPLib [1]; I don't consider myself an expert on the subject and my code dates back to Python 1.6 times (last updated in 2005). Moreover, while it works for me and its almost non-existent user base, I assume it can't be used for anything but as a source of ideas. > There is a veritable graveyard of stuff out there! Some good, > some not so good. The fact is that most of the times a programmer writes yet another Python IP module to cover only a very limited and usually simple aspect of IP manipulation that he needs at the given time (a conversion to/from decimal, a check for inclusion in a CIDR, ...) > A sensible discussion from a *broad* base of network admins, > sysadmins and developers using Python on the formulation of a > reasonable functional specification and design for a brand new > library To me, this makes a lot of sense: check which are the most used modules and ask the users. Generically speaking, I tend to agree with Clay, as I always had looked at IP addresses, netmasks and CIDR blocks as separate concepts, but again: I'm not an expert. +++ [1] http://erlug.linux.it/~da/soft/iplib/ Only supports IPv4; its main use is to convert amongst notations, but can be used to check if an IP (or another subnet) is included in a CIDR block and to gather some basic information about a CIDR. -- Davide Alberani <davide.alber...@gmail.com> [GPG KeyID: 0x465BFD47] http://erlug.linux.it/~da/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
