Short ipv4 addresses in filter

[Jakub Zawadzki <darkjames-ws () darkjames pl>]

Hi,

Any reason why display filter don't accept e.g. ip.addr == 10.0/8 ?

I track it down to get_host_ipaddr():
#v+
    if (!inet_aton(host, &ipaddr)) {
                /* ... */
        } else {
                /* Does the string really contain dotted-quad IP?
                 * Check against inet_atons that accept strings such as
                 * "130.230" as valid addresses and try to convert them
                 * to some form of a classful (host.net) notation.
                 */
                unsigned int a0, a1, a2, a3;
                if (sscanf(host, "%u.%u.%u.%u", &a0, &a1, &a2, &a3) != 4)
                        return FALSE;
        }
#v-

But this comment doesn't help with understanding why short forms are rejected.
Maybe portability issues? AFAIR windows inet_aton() doesn't accept such forms...

Cheers.
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