Re: [HACKERS] Re: inet/cidr/bind - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Re: inet/cidr/bind
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Msg-id 86pvby7u0u.fsf@athene.nhh.no
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darcy@druid.net (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes:

> I have another question.  What is the point of "used?"  Can't I just
> assume 4 octets for ipv4 and 6 for ipv6?  Can I set it to NULL if I
> don't care about the value?

Not an answer to your question, but IPV6 does not use 6 byte
addresses; they are 16 bytes long.

-tih
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