On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:41:37 am Andrew McNamara wrote: > In the olden days, the mask was spelled out in octets (eg > 255.255.255.0). But we've moved to a more compact and logical > notation where the number of leading significant bits is specified > (eg /24).
I hope you're not suggesting the older notation be unsupported? I would expect to be able to use a mask like 255.255.255.192 without having to count bits myself. -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ 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
