From: | "Matthew N(dot) Dodd" <winter(at)jurai(dot)net> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Paul A Vixie <vixie(at)vix(dot)com>, tih+mail(at)hamartun(dot)priv(dot)no, pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] cidr |
Date: | 1998-07-21 03:58:32 |
Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.3.96.980720235332.10970k-100000@sasami.jurai.net |
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On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> As far as the name, we just want a name that makes it clear to novices
> what the module does. ip_and_mac is pretty clear. I have no idea what
> a cidr is. If you can think of a more descriptive name, let's go for
> it.
I think most people who would use the IP related types do know what a CIDR
is.
An IP address should be just that, a discrete IP, no netmask, nothing.
A CIDR is a type able to represent a range of IP addresses (what one of
the previous patches did by storing an address and a netmask.)
MAC addresses speak for themselves.
I'll let others describe all the nifty functions that the first two types
will/can have (IP - IP, IP - CIDR, CIDR - CIDR).
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