Re: Summary: what to do about INET/CIDR

* Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> [001109 10:30]:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> >> Well, we need *some* way to extract a representation like "w.x.y.z/n".
> >> If you don't like text() as the name of that formatting function,
> >> suggest another name...
>
> > all_octets(cidr)::text maybe?
>
> No, because that doesn't accurately describe what it does for inet
> items --- those'd be shown with all octets anyway. For inet, the
> critical thing this function will do is force the netmask to be shown
> even if it's /32.
>
> Given that we are using host() for the function that shows just the
> IP address part of an inet/cidr value, how about hostandmask() for
> the function that always shows everything?
>
> I still prefer text() though.
What is the *PHILOSOPHICAL* objection to text() in this case?

It's a TEXT output?

LER
>
> regards, tom lane
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