Greetings Monks

I would like comments from the community about a module I would like to implement.

Name: Net::IP::Correct

Description: Breakdown an incorrect range of IP addresses into valid IP Ranges

Rationale: This module will exist as a subclass of Net::IP. It would basically accept a range of IP addresses (Net::IP object or a literal IP range) , and if the range is incorrect, it would break it down into seperate correct IP ranges. Each IP range returned would be a Net::IP object.

I think Net::IP::Correct is a good enough namespace, although there is also Net::IP::Range::Correct, which is more meaningful. I'm open to suggestions.

For example: given the range 192.168.1.0 - 192.168.1.5, this module would break this range down into:


Update:
Thanks to the suggestion from Smylers, I propose to name this module as Net::IP::Range::Split
Update:
Thanks to the info from merlyn and OverlordQ, Net::IP's find_prefixes does get the work done. I don't think we require Net::IP::Range::Split :-(

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arc_of_descent

In reply to RFC: CPAN module Net::IP::Correct by arc_of_descent

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