Using $GENERATE with A records?

[Josh Higham]

I noticed the $GENERATE tag while looking through the BIND docs, and thought
that would be good for handling our modem chunks, ie:
$ORIGIN router.bigsky.net.
$GENERATE 1-96 $ A 206.252.240.$

However, it doesn't allow A records, based on the docs on the ISC web page,
and it would need to allow for:
$GENERATE 1-96 modem$ A 206.252.240.($+48)
which would result in:
modem1.router.bigsky.net. A 206.252.240.49
modem2.router.bigsky.net. A 206.252.240.50
modem3.router.bigsky.net. A 206.252.240.51
...
modem96.router.bigsky.net. A 206.252.240.144


Is this something that may be added in the future, or am I SOL and stuck
using it only for reverse delegation with PTR records?  Is there a better
way of handling DNS for modem blocks?

Thanks,

Josh