Re: [HACKERS] CIDR/INET improvements

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Joachim Wieland <joe(at)mcknight(dot)de>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] CIDR/INET improvements
Date: 2006-01-24 15:11:07
Message-ID: 18590.1138115467@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Joachim Wieland <joe(at)mcknight(dot)de> writes:
> FWIW, I append the patch I've done a few weeks ago. It adds an inettocidr
> cast function.

I think we need to take two steps back and look at the larger picture:
the INET/CIDR situation is conceptually a mess and it's going to take
more than a localized change to clean it up.

I have some ideas about this and will try to post a proposal on -hackers
later today.

regards, tom lane

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