> > I don't know -- this is (from what Peter told me) a common use case so
> > he (and presumably  others) would from time to time have to write
> > extra code to keep track of that IP address in a new app.

[MvL]
>  I, and probably others, would really, REALLY like to see one such
>  "common use case". I do find it puzzling that non of the readers here
>  can think of any, and the continued assertion that use cases do exist
>  without them being presented is somewhat disturbing.

A concrete use case would help put the discussion on a better technical footing.

FWIW, it doesn't look like any of the competing packages ever
found a need to add support for this yet-to-be-presented use case:  
http://code.google.com/p/netaddr/wiki/YetAnotherPythonIPModule



Raymond

_______________________________________________
Python-Dev mailing list
Python-Dev@[...].org
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev
Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/python-dev-ml%40maillist.acti
vestate.com