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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/ipaddress.rst26
-rwxr-xr-xDoc/library/socket.rst20
-rw-r--r--Doc/tools/susp-ignored.csv2
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst9
4 files changed, 45 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst b/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst
index 140401d..5938439 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst
@@ -217,11 +217,20 @@ write code that handles both IP versions correctly. Address objects are
:RFC:`4291` for details. For example,
``"0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0abc:0007:0def"`` can be compressed to
``"::abc:7:def"``.
+
+ Optionally, the string may also have a scope zone ID, expressed
+ with a suffix ``%scope_id``. If present, the scope ID must be non-empty,
+ and may not contain ``%``.
+ See :RFC:`4007` for details.
+ For example, ``fe80::1234%1`` might identify address ``fe80::1234`` on the first link of the node.
2. An integer that fits into 128 bits.
3. An integer packed into a :class:`bytes` object of length 16, big-endian.
+
>>> ipaddress.IPv6Address('2001:db8::1000')
IPv6Address('2001:db8::1000')
+ >>> ipaddress.IPv6Address('ff02::5678%1')
+ IPv6Address('ff02::5678%1')
.. attribute:: compressed
@@ -268,6 +277,12 @@ write code that handles both IP versions correctly. Address objects are
``::FFFF/96``), this property will report the embedded IPv4 address.
For any other address, this property will be ``None``.
+ .. attribute:: scope_id
+
+ For scoped addresses as defined by :RFC:`4007`, this property identifies
+ the particular zone of the address's scope that the address belongs to,
+ as a string. When no scope zone is specified, this property will be ``None``.
+
.. attribute:: sixtofour
For addresses that appear to be 6to4 addresses (starting with
@@ -299,6 +314,8 @@ the :func:`str` and :func:`int` builtin functions::
>>> int(ipaddress.IPv6Address('::1'))
1
+Note that IPv6 scoped addresses are converted to integers without scope zone ID.
+
Operators
^^^^^^^^^
@@ -311,8 +328,9 @@ IPv6).
Comparison operators
""""""""""""""""""""
-Address objects can be compared with the usual set of comparison operators. Some
-examples::
+Address objects can be compared with the usual set of comparison operators.
+Same IPv6 addresses with different scope zone IDs are not equal.
+Some examples::
>>> IPv4Address('127.0.0.2') > IPv4Address('127.0.0.1')
True
@@ -320,6 +338,10 @@ examples::
False
>>> IPv4Address('127.0.0.2') != IPv4Address('127.0.0.1')
True
+ >>> IPv6Address('fe80::1234') == IPv6Address('fe80::1234%1')
+ False
+ >>> IPv6Address('fe80::1234%1') != IPv6Address('fe80::1234%2')
+ True
Arithmetic operators
diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
index 2cc946c..5426b5a 100755
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -78,15 +78,15 @@ created. Socket addresses are represented as follows:
Python programs.
- For :const:`AF_INET6` address family, a four-tuple ``(host, port, flowinfo,
- scopeid)`` is used, where *flowinfo* and *scopeid* represent the ``sin6_flowinfo``
+ scope_id)`` is used, where *flowinfo* and *scope_id* represent the ``sin6_flowinfo``
and ``sin6_scope_id`` members in :const:`struct sockaddr_in6` in C. For
- :mod:`socket` module methods, *flowinfo* and *scopeid* can be omitted just for
- backward compatibility. Note, however, omission of *scopeid* can cause problems
+ :mod:`socket` module methods, *flowinfo* and *scope_id* can be omitted just for
+ backward compatibility. Note, however, omission of *scope_id* can cause problems
in manipulating scoped IPv6 addresses.
.. versionchanged:: 3.7
- For multicast addresses (with *scopeid* meaningful) *address* may not contain
- ``%scope`` (or ``zone id``) part. This information is superfluous and may
+ For multicast addresses (with *scope_id* meaningful) *address* may not contain
+ ``%scope_id`` (or ``zone id``) part. This information is superfluous and may
be safely omitted (recommended).
- :const:`AF_NETLINK` sockets are represented as pairs ``(pid, groups)``.
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ The :mod:`socket` module also offers various network-related services:
:const:`AI_CANONNAME` is part of the *flags* argument; else *canonname*
will be empty. *sockaddr* is a tuple describing a socket address, whose
format depends on the returned *family* (a ``(address, port)`` 2-tuple for
- :const:`AF_INET`, a ``(address, port, flow info, scope id)`` 4-tuple for
+ :const:`AF_INET`, a ``(address, port, flowinfo, scope_id)`` 4-tuple for
:const:`AF_INET6`), and is meant to be passed to the :meth:`socket.connect`
method.
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ The :mod:`socket` module also offers various network-related services:
.. versionchanged:: 3.7
for IPv6 multicast addresses, string representing an address will not
- contain ``%scope`` part.
+ contain ``%scope_id`` part.
.. function:: getfqdn([name])
@@ -827,8 +827,8 @@ The :mod:`socket` module also offers various network-related services:
or numeric address representation in *host*. Similarly, *port* can contain a
string port name or a numeric port number.
- For IPv6 addresses, ``%scope`` is appended to the host part if *sockaddr*
- contains meaningful *scopeid*. Usually this happens for multicast addresses.
+ For IPv6 addresses, ``%scope_id`` is appended to the host part if *sockaddr*
+ contains meaningful *scope_id*. Usually this happens for multicast addresses.
For more information about *flags* you can consult :manpage:`getnameinfo(3)`.
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ to sockets.
.. versionchanged:: 3.7
For multicast IPv6 address, first item of *address* does not contain
- ``%scope`` part anymore. In order to get full IPv6 address use
+ ``%scope_id`` part anymore. In order to get full IPv6 address use
:func:`getnameinfo`.
.. method:: socket.recvmsg(bufsize[, ancbufsize[, flags]])
diff --git a/Doc/tools/susp-ignored.csv b/Doc/tools/susp-ignored.csv
index 5cdfd40..d3901be 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/susp-ignored.csv
+++ b/Doc/tools/susp-ignored.csv
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ library/ipaddress,,:db8,>>> ipaddress.IPv6Address('2001:db8::1000')
library/ipaddress,,::,>>> ipaddress.IPv6Address('2001:db8::1000')
library/ipaddress,,:db8,IPv6Address('2001:db8::1000')
library/ipaddress,,::,IPv6Address('2001:db8::1000')
+library/ipaddress,,::,IPv6Address('ff02::5678%1')
+library/ipaddress,,::,fe80::1234
library/ipaddress,,:db8,">>> ipaddress.ip_address(""2001:db8::1"").reverse_pointer"
library/ipaddress,,::,">>> ipaddress.ip_address(""2001:db8::1"").reverse_pointer"
library/ipaddress,,::,"""::abc:7:def"""
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
index a0ae4eb..d3b35fc 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
@@ -213,6 +213,15 @@ now raises :exc:`ImportError` instead of :exc:`ValueError` for invalid relative
import attempts.
(Contributed by Ngalim Siregar in :issue:`37444`.)
+ipaddress
+---------
+
+:mod:`ipaddress` now supports IPv6 Scoped Addresses (IPv6 address with suffix ``%<scope_id>``).
+
+Scoped IPv6 addresses can be parsed using :class:`ipaddress.IPv6Address`.
+If present, scope zone ID is available through the :attr:`~ipaddress.IPv6Address.scope_id` attribute.
+(Contributed by Oleksandr Pavliuk in :issue:`34788`.)
+
math
----