Re: [HACKERS] cidr

> > 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.
>
> cidr = classless internet domain routing. it's the "204.152.184/21" notation.
>
> i'm not sure we need a type name that makes sense to novices. what we need
> is an example in the "type range" column. if we can say that int2's allowed
> ranges are 0 to 65535 and have folks get what we mean without further intro,
> then we can teach novices about cidr by saying that allowable ranges are 0/0
> through 255.255.255.255/32.

If we make it a standard type, not contrib, we can add a pg_description
entry for it so \dT shows the valid range of values.
Functions/operators also get descriptions for \do and \df. Should be
easy.

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