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| author | Eric V. Smith <eric@trueblade.com> | 2014-04-14 16:58:07 (GMT) |
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| committer | Eric V. Smith <eric@trueblade.com> | 2014-04-14 16:58:07 (GMT) |
| commit | ebdaaf40875fb8e29c7fbad5cc67221123995a8e (patch) | |
| tree | 4feedc5959563cc17fdb855348951a88e7c4c598 /Doc/library | |
| parent | 6b2308803506321019bfe2ec1f2303ebb97ec998 (diff) | |
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Issue #20480: Add ipaddress.reverse_pointer. Patch by Leon Weber.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst b/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst index 9625e71..0bc27ff 100644 --- a/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst +++ b/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst @@ -146,6 +146,20 @@ write code that handles both IP versions correctly. the appropriate length (most significant octet first). This is 4 bytes for IPv4 and 16 bytes for IPv6. + .. attribute:: reverse_pointer + + The name of the reverse DNS PTR record for the IP address, e.g.:: + + >>> ipaddress.ip_address("127.0.0.1").reverse_pointer + '1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa' + >>> ipaddress.ip_address("2001:db8::1").reverse_pointer + '1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa' + + This is the name that could be used for performing a PTR lookup, not the + resolved hostname itself. + + .. versionadded:: 3.5 + .. attribute:: is_multicast ``True`` if the address is reserved for multicast use. See @@ -226,6 +240,7 @@ write code that handles both IP versions correctly. :class:`IPv4Address` class: .. attribute:: packed + .. attribute:: reverse_pointer .. attribute:: version .. attribute:: max_prefixlen .. attribute:: is_multicast |