> If you already have the 32-bits value, there is no point in parsing it, so there is no point in supporting it in the address text parser. There is a point wh

> If you already have the 32-bits value, there is no point in parsing it, so there is no point in supporting it in the address text parser. There is a point when the only interface to that program is via text. You still have to convert the 32-bit value to text, but there's a difference between that and converting it to IPv4's dot notation. The former is simpler. > It's not worth saving typing 4-5 characters from times to times. I don't think the main users of the feature are people manually typing those addresses. > Before reading the article, I would have assumed for example that 127.1 would be 127.1.0.0, not 127.0.0.1. But then it wouldn't be a valid IP.