Re: [HACKERS] cidr

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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