On Wed, 7 May 2003, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 May 2003 09:50, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> > So in hba.c, if we found a / in the IP address, we wouldn't go looking for
> > a separate netmask field.
>
> Is anyone else uncomfortable with variable number of fields? I know there is
> prior art but it still spooks me a little. How about a space after the
> address and before the slash? That way the netmask is in the same field as
> always (as are the following fields) and it's just an alternative syntax.
If that's the case, then just drop the / from the address and make the
mask field varialble, so if it has .s in it it's a netmask, otherwise it's
a number like a CIDR's second half.
