> I haven't seen any official fedora-python coding conventions listed, > so if any > of you have seen anything, let me know. The "official" Python style guide from Guido is short and sweet. ;) > Once again, I'm not sure what > the best > method to use here is, but when we take a parameter (such as an IP > address) and > convert it into its numeric representation for internal storage > rather than its > textual representation, we're introducing an extra step and > increasing the > complexity of our application. Now, if we're going to do any numeric > comparisions using the address, we have to have it in numeric form, > so that > step is necessary. There was a really nice module named IP.py for working with IP's, but I can't seem to find it :-/ Working with IP's is not as "transparent" in Python as it is in C, so having a library is very helpful. Have Fun, -jj __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools