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| author | Gregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com> | 2009-05-04 19:34:45 (GMT) |
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| committer | Gregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com> | 2009-05-04 19:34:45 (GMT) |
| commit | 95e3b9c8480067982ff93e641a6303a5bad88584 (patch) | |
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documentation clarification. mention bytes.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/ipaddr.rst b/Doc/library/ipaddr.rst index 066b792..6f37b71 100644 --- a/Doc/library/ipaddr.rst +++ b/Doc/library/ipaddr.rst @@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ both IPv4 and IPv6. Take an IP string or int and return an object of the correct type. Returns an :class:`IPv4` or :class:`IPv6` object. - The *ipaddr* parameter must be a string or integer representing the IP - address. Either IPv4 or IPv6 addresses may be supplied. Integers less than - 2**32 will be considered to be IPv4. + The *ipaddr* parameter must be a string, bytes or integer representing the + IP address in ascii, network byte order or as a number respectively. Either + IPv4 or IPv6 addresses may be supplied. Integers less than 2**32 will be + considered to be IPv4. Raises :exc:`ValueError` if the *ipaddr* passed is not either an IPv4 or an IPv6 address. |