converting between netmask formats

I'm writing some code now that uses the inet and cidr types and I find
myself wanting a function that takes an argument of type inet and
returns an integer, where:

255.255.255.255 => 32
255.255.255.254 => 31
255.255.255.252 => 30
255.255.255.248 => 29
255.255.255.240 => 28
...
128.0.0.0 => 1
0.0.0.0 => 0

...and returning NULL for all other IPv4 IPs.  We have the netmask()
function that performs this computation in the other direction, but in
this case I am trying to go the other way.

Anyone else think this would be a useful addition?  Anyone have a good
idea for a name?  parse_netmask()?

...Robert