Greg Ewing writes: > Peter Moody wrote: > > > I've mentioned at least once (and others have mentioned as well) that > > it's very common, when describing the ip address/prefix of a NIC to > > write, "192.168.1.100/24" > > Yes, but if you want to *retain* all of that information, > the object you have isn't just a "network", it's more > like "network plus the address of its interface". So > some people think that using the name "IPNetwork" for > this object is confusing.
Especially since to my mind networks don't have interfaces. Hosts have interfaces. "IPInterface", anyone? ... no, let's not go there, stick a fork in it, it's done. _______________________________________________ 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
