Now this is much more informative and convincing.

My pedantic remark was aimed at decimal example which was a tiny bit obscure.

IPV6 issues were a plain old fashion tongue in cheek tease.

The last arguments are compelling and informative, much more so than the original. In the end the fault is mine for succumbing to the male hormonal urge to show off a big regex. At my age these urges come so infrequently I forget how to control them.

tadman I respect and encourage your vigilance. I learned some stuff here and hopefully so did some other folks.

yours truly,

Peter G. Marshall -- mitd