[Python-Dev] PEP 3144 review.

[Greg Ewing]

Peter Moody wrote:

> I've mentioned at least once (and others have mentioned as well) that
> it's very common, when describing the ip address/prefix of a NIC to
> write, "192.168.1.100/24"

Yes, but if you want to *retain* all of that information,
the object you have isn't just a "network", it's more
like "network plus the address of its interface". So
some people think that using the name "IPNetwork" for
this object is confusing.

-- 
Greg