"The presented stings come from NGINX so don't really need any validation."

And yet, you have code that identifies the IP type by a regexp, and throws if it is not "valid."

What do you think is "far better, far faster, far lighter" about 

sub _slow_is_ipv4 {
    shift if ref $_[0];
    my $value = shift;
 
    return undef unless defined($value);
 
    my (@octets) = $value =~ /^(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,
+3})$/;
    return undef unless (@octets == 4);
    foreach (@octets) {
        return undef if $_ < 0 || $_ > 255;
        return undef if $_ =~ /^0\d{1,2}$/;
    }
 
    return join('.', @octets);
}

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in Data::Validate::IP (which has a dependency on NetAddr::IP)

as compared to the code in Regexp::Common::net?

Snarky reply to AnomalousMonk's attempt to offer assistance. Downvoted. (And the reply to bliako.)


The way forward always starts with a minimal test.

In reply to Re^3: COVID-19 data analytics, cryptography, and some things you should know by 1nickt
in thread COVID-19 data analytics, cryptography, and some things you should know by tachyon-II

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