Data Types: Bro vs Python

gistfile1.txt

Bro        Python

set        set
table      dict(single type)
vector     list(single type)
record     dict(multiple types)
enum       ? enum.Enum

addr       ? string or integer ('192.168.1.1', 3232235777)
port       ? context specific integer (if fed to a tcp style method, then its a tcp port)
subnet     ? integer (range of addrs)

time       integer (representing an epoch)
interval   integer (representing a range between two epochs)
pattern    re.RegexObject
any        ? (Python is dynamically typed)
opaque     ? masked structure
file       file

function   function
module     module (similar concept of namespaces)
event      ? callback function (no return type, not directyl callable, prioritizable)
hook       ? directly callable, prioritizable functions with decoupled bodies which are able to short circuit subsequent hooks of the same handle
bool       bool
string     string
count      integer
int        integer
double     float