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.
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