Re: [HACKERS] A small problem with the new inet and cidr types

> It seems that we have a small problem with the operators and functions
> in the inet and cidr types. If the value in a field is null then the
> backend crashes when you try to apply one of the operators or functions
> on it. I have a small patch ready to fix the functions but I'm not
> sure what the behaviour should be for the operators. For the functions
> I return an empty string if the argument is null except for masklen()
> which returns 0. Should masklen return 32?
>
> At Marc's request I am holding my patch until 6.4 is frozen.

Huh. You have a backend crash fix, and we can't apply it until after
6.4 is out the door?

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