From: Simone Carletti <weppos@...>
Date: 2010-12-17T22:59:58+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:33758] Re: Proposal: IPAddress in the standard library

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I'm really interested in this topic.

I the last couple of years I had to deal with IP manipulation several times,
especially for the Whois ( http://www.ruby-whois.org ) and Net::DNS gems.

I had the chance to give IPAddress a try in the past,
and I really enjoyed it. The current IPAddr implementation doesn't expose
some very useful methods,
such as the ability to validate an IP Address on-the-fly
without instantiating an IPAddr object,
and I often had to rely on hacks or cut&paste to accomplish this.

Also, IPAddr has a couple of weird bugs when you have to work with IP ranges
(thanks to Marco for helping me spotting them out in the past ;) ).

I'm really curious to know if the Ruby would consider this proposal.

-- Simone


On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Marco Ceresa <ceresa@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> IPAddress [1] is a library to manipulate IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. It
> has been written as a replacement for IPAddr, trying to fix some of
> its bugs, and at the same time extending its functionalities and
> offering a more powerful and flexible interface.
>
> Migrating from IPAddr to IPAddress is very easy, as most of the
> methods have the same name and same behaviour. Moreover, IPAddress is
> around 50% faster than IPAddr, and it's very well documented in each
> of its parts. The code is very clear, easy to read, to maintain and to
> extend, consisting mostly of one line methods.
>
> I've been in touch with the maintainer of IPAddr, Mr. Akinori MUSHA,
> asking him if he would consider IPAddress as a replacement, and he
> suggested me to write to -core.
>
> I think IPAddress is mature enough, so here is my proposal. Let me
> know what you think.
>
> Best regards,
> Marco
>
> [1] https://github.com/bluemonk/ipaddress
>
>

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<div>I&#39;m really interested in this topic.</div><div><br></div><div>I th=
e last couple of years I had to deal with IP manipulation several times,</d=
iv><div>especially for the Whois (=A0<a href=3D"http://www.ruby-whois.org">=
http://www.ruby-whois.org</a> ) and Net::DNS gems.</div>

<div><br></div><div>I had the chance to give IPAddress a try in the past,</=
div><div>and I really enjoyed it. The current IPAddr implementation doesn&#=
39;t expose some very useful methods,</div><div>such as the ability to vali=
date an IP Address on-the-fly without=A0instantiating=A0an IPAddr object,</=
div>

<div>and I often had to rely on hacks or cut&amp;paste to accomplish this.<=
/div><div><br></div><div>Also, IPAddr has a couple of weird bugs when you h=
ave to work with IP ranges</div><div>(thanks to Marco for helping me spotti=
ng them out in the past ;) ).</div>

<div><br></div><div>I&#39;m really curious to know if the Ruby would consid=
er this proposal.</div><div><br></div><div>-- Simone</div><div><br><br><div=
 class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Marco Ceresa <span =
dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ceresa@gmail.com">ceresa@gmail.com</a>&gt=
;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hello,<br>
<br>
IPAddress [1] is a library to manipulate IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. It<br>
has been written as a replacement for IPAddr, trying to fix some of<br>
its bugs, and at the same time extending its functionalities and<br>
offering a more powerful and flexible interface.<br>
<br>
Migrating from IPAddr to IPAddress is very easy, as most of the<br>
methods have the same name and same behaviour. Moreover, IPAddress is<br>
around 50% faster than IPAddr, and it&#39;s very well documented in each<br=
>
of its parts. The code is very clear, easy to read, to maintain and to<br>
extend, consisting mostly of one line methods.<br>
<br>
I&#39;ve been in touch with the maintainer of IPAddr, Mr. Akinori MUSHA,<br=
>
asking him if he would consider IPAddress as a replacement, and he<br>
suggested me to write to -core.<br>
<br>
I think IPAddress is mature enough, so here is my proposal. Let me<br>
know what you think.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Marco<br>
<br>
[1] <a href=3D"https://github.com/bluemonk/ipaddress" target=3D"_blank">htt=
ps://github.com/bluemonk/ipaddress</a><br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br><br>
</div>

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