Re: [HACKERS] Summary: what to do about INET/CIDR

[Alex Pilosov]

On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> ler=# select * from ler_test;
>       net      |       host
> ---------------+------------------
>  207.158.72/24 | 207.158.72.11/24
> (1 row)
> 
> ler=# select host(net::inet) from ler_test;
> ERROR:  CIDR type has no host part
> ERROR:  CIDR type has no host part
I agree. There should be a coercion function, but it should never be
automatic...But since now there aren't any automatic coercions, that's not
a problem ;)

Also, I agree with Larry that cidr _must_ be printed with 4 octets in
them, whether they are 0 or not. (i.e. it should print 207.158.72.0/24)

This is the standard way of specifying addresses in all network equipment.
RFC specifies that, just the library that we use doesn't (yes, it is from
Vixie, but it doesn't make it RFC-compliant)

I'll submit patches in a week or so, when I start straightening out my
network equipment tables...;)

-alex