On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Paul Bennett wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:30:22 -0400, Bill Ward wrote:
>
> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Paul Bennett **
>> wrote:
>>
>> Ah, but an IP address *is* really a number. An unsigned 128-bit integer,
>>> in
>>> fact, with some additional propert
On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:30:22 -0400, Bill Ward wrote:
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Paul Bennett
wrote:
Ah, but an IP address *is* really a number. An unsigned 128-bit
integer, in
fact, with some additional properties that are specific to the
semantics of IP addresses themselves.
An u
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Paul Bennett wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:34:46 -0400, Leon Timmermans
> wrote:
>
> I think the obvious mistake you're making is using inheritance in the
>> first place. Why are you doing that? Your interface is not «an IP
>> address is really a number», so why
On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 10:27:19AM -0400, Paul Bennett wrote:
> I know this isn't the best place to ask for help with specific coding
> help, ...
>
> Ideally, I'm hoping one or more of FLORA, LETO, pjacklam, or TELS is
> reading this, or at least someone who can put me in direct contact with
# from Paul Bennett
# on Sunday 09 October 2011 07:27:
>I'm convinced I'm doing something obviously and stupidly wrong, but I
> can't for the life of me see the forest for the trees. See also
> https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=67204
It looks like you are getting failures from "not
On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:59:29 -0400, Leon Timmermans
wrote:
Do you really want your end users to think of IP addresses as numbers?
Yes. They are numbers that translate to and from strings in new ways. I
want my end users to say "This is a number. I can add to it, subtract from
it, bitshi
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Paul Bennett wrote:
> Ah, but an IP address *is* really a number. An unsigned 128-bit integer, in
> fact, with some additional properties that are specific to the semantics of
> IP addresses themselves.
Do you really want your end users to think of IP addresses as
On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:34:46 -0400, Leon Timmermans
wrote:
I think the obvious mistake you're making is using inheritance in the
first place. Why are you doing that? Your interface is not «an IP
address is really a number», so why would you make it one?
Ah, but an IP address *is* really a n
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Paul Bennett wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I know this isn't the best place to ask for help with specific coding help,
> but I'm bumping up against what appears to be the edges of Perl normality
> here, and I figure there's gotta be at least one person reading this who is
>
