The "in" logical oprerator -- in srearch for a :toipprefix

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1

Am I the only one who has some trouble with this operator?

According to the Wiki the format is like:

:put (1.1.1.1/32 in 1.1.1.0/24)

which should return true, and I have confirmed that it does, but it is very picky on its types

:put ("1.1.1.1/32" in 1.1.1.0/24)

returns ‘false’.

:put [:typeof 1.1.1.1/32]

returns ‘ip-prefix’ which isn’t even mentioned in the Wiki, and I can’t find any explicit convertion function

:put [:typeof [:toip "1.1.1.1/32"]]

returns ‘nil’.

Has anyone found a way to use it?

2

Currently there is no way to convert to ip-prefix type. We will fix this in one of the upcoming versions.

3

If you are going to revise this anyway, then consider:

  1. implicit conversion of both left and right side of the operator, this is consistent with behavior elsewhere (e.g. “1” + 1 = 2)

  2. allow the left oprator to be implicit conveted from ip to ip-prefix (e.g. 1.1.1.1 → 1.1.1.1/32)

combining 1) and 2) would make (“1.1.1.1” in “1.1.1.0/24”) functional (and in the case true).