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Wed Sep 16 03:08:05 CEST 2009 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2009-September/091748.html

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> Antoine Pitrou <solipsis <at> pitrou.net> writes:
>>
>> I don't see any valid reason for entering a network as "192.168.1.1/24" rather
>> than the canonical "192.168.1.0/24". The former might indicate a typing error
>> or
>> a mental slip, so let's be helpful and signal it to the user.
>
> Or perhaps there can be an optional "strict=True" (or "strict=False") argument
> to the constructor / parsing function.

I can live w/ a default of strict=False.  there are plenty of cases
where it's not an error and easy enough ways to check, if the
developer is concerned, with or without an option.  eg if addr.ip !=
addr.network:

Cheers,
/peter

> Regards
>
> Antoine.
>
>
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[Python-Dev] PEP 3144 review.