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326	IPAddressField in decimal format	Bless	Adrian Holovaty	"== An IP address is stored in string format and allocating 15 bytes (120 bits) ==
But it would be possible convert that address to decimal format and store it in less bits.
{{{
>>> import socket, struct 
>>> ip = ""192.168.2.1""
>>> q = ip.split(""."")
>>> n = reduce(lambda a,b: long(a)*256 + long(b), q)
>>> n
3232236033L
>>> socket.inet_ntoa(struct.pack('!I', n))
'192.168.2.1'
}}}

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"	enhancement	closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	1.0	normal	wontfix			Accepted	0	0	0	0	0	0