Re: [Python-Dev] address manipulation in the standard lib

2009-01-06 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote: > DrKJam wrote: >> Is this post long enough to be a candidate for a PEP?! > > A PEP will likely be needed eventually for the actual addition to the > standard library - while the respective parties are still working on the > "best of both worlds

Re: [Python-Dev] address manipulation in the standard lib

2009-01-06 Thread Nick Coghlan
DrKJam wrote: > Is this post long enough to be a candidate for a PEP?! A PEP will likely be needed eventually for the actual addition to the standard library - while the respective parties are still working on the "best of both worlds" merger idea, a page on the Wiki is probably a better idea. Ch

Re: [Python-Dev] address manipulation in the standard lib

2009-01-05 Thread DrKJam
A merger sounds like a good way forward. It shouldn't be as painful as it might sound initially and there should be lots of room for some early big wins. Contentious Issues -- *** Separate IP and CIDR classes The IP and CIDR object split in netaddr is going to require some furth

Re: [Python-Dev] address manipulation in the standard lib

2009-01-05 Thread Peter Moody
>> How about a merger? > > I think that's a brilliant idea. David and Peter, logistics aside, > what do you think of (or how to you feel about) this suggestion? the devil, as they say, is in the details :). I'd be interested to know what form this merger would take. WRT v4/v6 manipulation, it see

Re: [Python-Dev] address manipulation in the standard lib

2009-01-05 Thread Duncan McGreggor
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Duncan McGreggor > wrote: >> Last Fall, Guido opened a ticket to include Google's ipaddr.py in the >> standard lib: >> http://bugs.python.org/issue3959 >> >> There has been some recent discussion on that t

Re: [Python-Dev] address manipulation in the standard lib

2009-01-05 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Duncan McGreggor wrote: > Last Fall, Guido opened a ticket to include Google's ipaddr.py in the > standard lib: > http://bugs.python.org/issue3959 > > There has been some recent discussion on that ticket, enough so that > it might benefit everyone if it was moved o

[Python-Dev] address manipulation in the standard lib

2009-01-05 Thread Duncan McGreggor
Last Fall, Guido opened a ticket to include Google's ipaddr.py in the standard lib: http://bugs.python.org/issue3959 There has been some recent discussion on that ticket, enough so that it might benefit everyone if it was moved on to the dev list. I do recommend reading that ticket, though -- lo