From: | "Larry Rosenman" <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org> |
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To: | "'Tom Lane'" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "'Greg Stark'" <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> |
Cc: | <andrew(at)supernews(dot)com>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Cleaning up the INET/CIDR mess |
Date: | 2006-01-25 17:00:45 |
Message-ID: | 005601c621d0$e26b39f0$0a0a0a0a@aus.pervasive.com |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> writes:
>> I wonder if this would be an opportunity to fix Postgres's handling
>> of addresses like '10.1'.
>
> You've mistaken this for a proposal to change the I/O behavior, which
> it is specifically not.
>
>> The standard interpretation of this is the same as '10.0.0.1'.
>
> Standard according to whom? Paul Vixie evidently doesn't think that
> that's a standard abbreviation, else the code we borrowed from libbind
> would do it already.
We had a **LONG** discussion on the I/O formats back in the 7.2 timeframe.
the current
behavior is the result of that.
Please do **NOT** change the I/O formats.
LER
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