On 4/1/21 3:22 AM, Zhihong Yu wrote:
> Hi,
> - delta += (float8) addrb[i] - (float8) addra[i];
> - delta /= 256;
> ...
> + delta /= 255;
>
> May I know why the divisor was changed ?
>
Yeah, that's a mistake, it should remain 256. Consider two subtractions
1.1.2.255 - 1.1.1.0 = [0, 0, 1, 255]
1.1.2.255 - 1.1.0.255 = [0, 0, 2, 0]
With the divisor being 255 those would be the same (2 * 256), but we
want the first one to be a bit smaller. It's also consistent with how
inet does subtractions:
test=# select '1.1.2.255'::inet - '1.1.0.255'::inet;
?column?
----------
512
(1 row)
test=# select '1.1.2.255'::inet - '1.1.1.0'::inet;
?column?
----------
511
(1 row)
So I'll keep the 256.
regards
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