Re: [FWP] IP address regex golf

["Keith Calvert Ivey" <kcivey@cpcug.org>]

Ronald J Kimball <rjk@linguist.dartmouth.edu> wrote:

> If you have programs that concatenate numbers, you are SOL.  But I amm more
> concerned about the confusion between 255.255 and 255.255.255, only one of
> which is a tuple.

I wasn't entirely seriously about worrying about breaking
earlier programs.  People who use 255.255.255 to mean 
'255.255255' deserve what they get.  But your other point is a 
good one.

-- 
Keith C. Ivey <kcivey@cpcug.org>
Washington, DC

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