Le lundi 28 septembre 2009 à 22:11 +0200, "Martin v. Löwis" a écrit : > > That's not the question that was asked, though - the question asked > was "Under what circumstances would I want to specify...". I hope > most people agree that it is desirable to be able to specify a network > not just by its network address.
To me it makes no sense to "specify a network not just by its network address", because by definition a prefix + mask is all that characterizes a network: that's all you need to specify it entirely. Adding a "base address" would be like adding a "port number" attribute to the Address class: it's abusing an existing class by adding irrelevant information. I may be mistaken, but it seems to me that, in the IP world, nowhere does such a "network + host" hybrid appear. You find networks (prefix + mask) in routing protocols, and host addresses in applicative protocols. _______________________________________________ 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
