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diff --git a/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst b/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst index d6d1f1e..1c2263b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst +++ b/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst @@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ write code that handles both IP versions correctly. Address objects are 1. A string in decimal-dot notation, consisting of four decimal integers in the inclusive range 0--255, separated by dots (e.g. ``192.168.0.1``). Each integer represents an octet (byte) in the address. Leading zeroes are - tolerated only for values less than 8 (as there is no ambiguity - between the decimal and octal interpretations of such strings). + not tolerated to prevent confusion with octal notation. 2. An integer that fits into 32 bits. 3. An integer packed into a :class:`bytes` object of length 4 (most significant octet first). @@ -117,6 +116,22 @@ write code that handles both IP versions correctly. Address objects are >>> ipaddress.IPv4Address(b'\xC0\xA8\x00\x01') IPv4Address('192.168.0.1') + .. versionchanged:: 3.8 + + Leading zeros are tolerated, even in ambiguous cases that look like + octal notation. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.10 + + Leading zeros are no longer tolerated and are treated as an error. + IPv4 address strings are now parsed as strict as glibc + :func:`~socket.inet_pton`. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.9.5 + + The above change was also included in Python 3.9 starting with + version 3.9.5. + .. attribute:: version The appropriate version number: ``4`` for IPv4, ``6`` for IPv6. |