[Python-Dev] PEP 3144 review.

[Antoine Pitrou]

Scott Dial <scott+python-dev <at> scottdial.com> writes:
> 
> >>> gateway = net[1]
> 
> I was then confused, because:
> 
> >>> print(type(gateway))
> <class 'ipaddr.IPv4Address'>
> 
> Which sorta blew my mind.. I fully expected to receive an IPNetwork back
> from that operation.

Speaking as a non-network specialist, it actually looks logical to me to be
given an address if I iterate over a network (the same way that, if I iterate on
a list, I get individual elements, not 1-element sublists).

I don't understand why you think the network mask should be part of an address.
An address is just an address, it specifies the location of a host, not the
configuration of the network surrounding it. If you look at an IP header, the
destination address doesn't specify a netmask.