| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Florian G(dot) Pflug" <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Clarify description of CIDR-address column |
| Date: | 2006-11-18 03:26:05 |
| Message-ID: | 24142.1163820365@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Florian G. Pflug" <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org> writes:
>> "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>>> Isn't the real problem here that 10.6 doesn't mean what you probably think?
> I'm curious now - what _does_ 10.6/16 mean? I can't imagine any sensible
> meaning apart from 10.6.0.0/16...
10.6 means the same as 10.0.0.6 --- see src/port/inet_aton.c.
This has been discussed before:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-01/msg00132.php
My feeling is the same as it was then, ie, we are not in the business of
second-guessing standard library routines.
regards, tom lane
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