[PyQt] QHostAddress is missing a method

[Detlev Offenbach]

On Mittwoch, 27. Juli 2011, Phil Thompson wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:57:53 +0200, Detlev Offenbach
> 
> <detlev at die-offenbachs.de> wrote:
> > On Dienstag, 26. Juli 2011, Phil Thompson wrote:
> >> On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:11:04 +0200, Detlev Offenbach
> >> 
> >> <detlev at die-offenbachs.de> wrote:
> >> > Hello,
> >> > 
> >> > I think the QHostAddress mappings are missing the method
> >> 
> >> "toIPv6Address".
> >> 
> >> > If I
> >> > am right, would it be possible to add it?
> >> 
> >> What's the most useful way to represent it? Would anything be better
> 
> than
> 
> >> the obvious 16 byte string?
> >> 
> >> Phil
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> > 
> > The Qt docs say:
> > 
> > Returns the IPv6 address as a Q_IPV6ADDR structure. The structure
> 
> consists
> 
> > of
> > 16 unsigned characters.
> > 
> > So in Python it should return a list (or tuple if it should be
> 
> immutable)
> 
> > of
> > 16 integers.
> 
> Are you suggesting a list because that is the closest equivalent in
> Python? If so I would disagree.
> 
> Or are you suggesting a list because of how you want to use the value?

I should have thought a second longer. A 16 int tuple would be best (as you 
already implemented).

Detlev
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