[Bug 148184] FORMATTING create a means to represent an integer as an IP Address

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148184

--- Comment #3 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> ---
I believe the best thing to implement would be OP's alternative suggestion:

> Alternatively, a means to create a personalized format representation with a
> module function would be also be a way to enhance the personalized format
> feature.

That really scratches the itch IMHO.

As for the main ask here - I weakly-support it, because:

1. IP addresses, while not a very common use cases, are not a tiny niche; and
tables of data involving IP addresses are often the result of event logging on
the Internet.

2. We already support a variety of number formatting types, in several
categories, and do not lack anything in the UI for enabling this support.

3. "Third-party" support requires either keeping every element of the IP in a
separate column (which many not even be possible with IPv6), or doing a lot of
string processing. Both are cumbersome to work with and I'm worried about
performance when using them.

4. Either MS Excel has it, in which case - competitor parity; or it doesn't
have it, in which case: one-upping the competition :-)

I realize that someone might argue "oh, but shall we now add another number
format option for any number of niche formats?" - and the answer to that is,
that AFAICT, there are extremely few, if any, other such requests, and I doubt
the adoption of IP formatting will change this.

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