Subject: Re: Improve docuemntation for cidr/inet
To: kes-kes@yandex.ru, pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
References: <20170422081914.24368.32804@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
Organization: 2ndQuadrant
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Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:43:34 -0400
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On 4/22/17 04:19, kes-kes@yandex.ru wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> 
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/datatype-net-types.html
> Description:
> 
> &gt;The essential difference between inet and cidr data types is that inet
> accepts values with nonzero bits to the right of the netmask, whereas cidr
> does not.
> 
> May you please provide example to see the difference visually. I do not
> understand that sentence completely

I have added an example to the version 10 documentation.

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