Feature #11527: IPAddr#mask_addr isn't a method

• Status: Assigned
• Assignee: knu (Akinori MUSHA)
• Target version: -

[foca (Nicolás Sanguinetti)]

Right now there's no way to get the current value of an IP address's mask from an IPAddr instance. While there's an instance variable (@mask_addr), there's no attribute reader to get it's value, and relying on reading the instance variable isn't pretty nice for a stdlib (stable as it might be).

Is there any particular reason why this is not public, or would a patch/pull request adding the corresponding attr_reader be accepted?

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
• Description updated (diff)

[herwinw (Herwin Quarantainenet)]

There is a proposal for a fix on https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/1269 (see https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11210)

[usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)]

• Related to Feature #11210: IPAddr has no public method to get the current subnet mask added

[hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)]

• Status changed from Open to Assigned
• Assignee set to knu (Akinori MUSHA)