Great idea.

I wonder, is this sorting routine truly dependant on the regexp mentioned in the documentation (Sort::Key::IPv4), or can be extended to sorting SNMP Object Identifiers (OIDs) which are dotted strings up to any number of elements, e.g.:

  1.3.6.1.4.1.2203.1.2.102945.12.0
  1.3.6.1.4.1.2203.1.2.102946.1.0
  1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2.3.4.5.0

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SNMP OIDs are a lot like IPv4 addresses in the way they are sorted, they are represented as dot strings, however unlike IPv4 addresses they can contain an unlimited number of elements and each element can contain an integer of any (non-infinite and non-negative) value.

In reply to Re^5: Sorting IP addresses, lots of them, quickly by monarch
in thread Sorting IP addresses, lots of them, quickly by gloryhack

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