2009/9/30 Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com>:
> Please could someone who understands the uses of IPNetwork better than
> I do explain why the following wouldn't be a significant problem, if __eq__
> and __hash__ were modified to disregard the .ip attribute as suggested:
>
>>>> linus = IPv4Network('172.16.200.1/24')
>>>> snoopy = IPv4Network('172.16.200.3/24')
>>>> fqdn = {linus: 'linus.peanuts.net', snoopy: 'snoopy.peanuts.net'}
>>>> fqdn[linus] # expecting 'linus.peanuts.net'
> 'snoopy.peanuts.net'
I certainly don't understand IPv4Network better than you :-) But that
just looks wrong to me - linus and snoopy are hosts not networks, so
making them IPv4Network classes seems wrong. I'd instinctively make
them IPv4Address objects (which, I believe, would work).
Paul.
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