On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
> Value Default output text() abbrev()
>
> '127.0.0.1/32'::inet 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1/32 127.0.0.1
> '127.0.0.1/32'::cidr 127.0.0.1/32 127.0.0.1/32 127.0.0.1/32
> '127/8'::cidr 127.0.0.0/8 127.0.0.0/8 127/8
>
> This would be a little bit inconsistent, because the default output
> format would match text() for CIDR values but abbrev() for INET values.
> But that seems like the most useful behavior to me. Possibly others
> will disagree ;-)
I think it makes sense.