Re: inet increment w/ int8 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Douglas McNaught
Subject Re: inet increment w/ int8
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Msg-id m2d5rihsw5.fsf@Douglas-McNaughts-Powerbook.local
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In response to Re: inet increment w/ int8  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:

> I modified the TODO.  I think we only need an INT4.  I realize INT8
> would be for IPV6 but I can't imagine a network that has more than INT4
> hosts (not part of the network address).

Actually "increment the host address" isn't a well-defined concept for
IPV6.  The "host" part of the address (if you're on an Ethernet) is
generally the 64 bit MAC address.

-Doug


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