Peter Moody wrote: >> Assuming the Network type loses the notion of a specific host (or host >> address, >> or `ip`) attached to it, yes. > > this is "less useful (strictly removing functionality)" and is an > example of what I explicitly said I was not going to do with ipaddr.
A possible compromise then: Just change the definition of network equality to only consider the network address and ignore the ip attribute. Optionally provide a separate comparison method that pays attention to the ip attribute (keeping in mind that it isn't particularly hard for people to write out "net1 == net2 and net1.ip == net2.ip" if they care about the extra state). Then "IPNetwork" can be largely documented as a true IP network definition, with the "Host with Netmask" use case handled by having an IPNetwork object with "net.ip != net.network". Regards, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | [email protected] | Brisbane, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com