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-rw-r--r--Lib/ipaddress.py58
1 files changed, 45 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/ipaddress.py b/Lib/ipaddress.py
index e398cc1..7d6edcf 100644
--- a/Lib/ipaddress.py
+++ b/Lib/ipaddress.py
@@ -1333,18 +1333,38 @@ class IPv4Address(_BaseV4, _BaseAddress):
@property
@functools.lru_cache()
def is_private(self):
- """Test if this address is allocated for private networks.
+ """``True`` if the address is defined as not globally reachable by
+ iana-ipv4-special-registry_ (for IPv4) or iana-ipv6-special-registry_
+ (for IPv6) with the following exceptions:
- Returns:
- A boolean, True if the address is reserved per
- iana-ipv4-special-registry.
+ * ``is_private`` is ``False`` for ``100.64.0.0/10``
+ * For IPv4-mapped IPv6-addresses the ``is_private`` value is determined by the
+ semantics of the underlying IPv4 addresses and the following condition holds
+ (see :attr:`IPv6Address.ipv4_mapped`)::
+
+ address.is_private == address.ipv4_mapped.is_private
+ ``is_private`` has value opposite to :attr:`is_global`, except for the ``100.64.0.0/10``
+ IPv4 range where they are both ``False``.
"""
return any(self in net for net in self._constants._private_networks)
@property
@functools.lru_cache()
def is_global(self):
+ """``True`` if the address is defined as globally reachable by
+ iana-ipv4-special-registry_ (for IPv4) or iana-ipv6-special-registry_
+ (for IPv6) with the following exception:
+
+ For IPv4-mapped IPv6-addresses the ``is_private`` value is determined by the
+ semantics of the underlying IPv4 addresses and the following condition holds
+ (see :attr:`IPv6Address.ipv4_mapped`)::
+
+ address.is_global == address.ipv4_mapped.is_global
+
+ ``is_global`` has value opposite to :attr:`is_private`, except for the ``100.64.0.0/10``
+ IPv4 range where they are both ``False``.
+ """
return self not in self._constants._public_network and not self.is_private
@property
@@ -2049,13 +2069,19 @@ class IPv6Address(_BaseV6, _BaseAddress):
@property
@functools.lru_cache()
def is_private(self):
- """Test if this address is allocated for private networks.
+ """``True`` if the address is defined as not globally reachable by
+ iana-ipv4-special-registry_ (for IPv4) or iana-ipv6-special-registry_
+ (for IPv6) with the following exceptions:
- Returns:
- A boolean, True if the address is reserved per
- iana-ipv6-special-registry, or is ipv4_mapped and is
- reserved in the iana-ipv4-special-registry.
+ * ``is_private`` is ``False`` for ``100.64.0.0/10``
+ * For IPv4-mapped IPv6-addresses the ``is_private`` value is determined by the
+ semantics of the underlying IPv4 addresses and the following condition holds
+ (see :attr:`IPv6Address.ipv4_mapped`)::
+
+ address.is_private == address.ipv4_mapped.is_private
+ ``is_private`` has value opposite to :attr:`is_global`, except for the ``100.64.0.0/10``
+ IPv4 range where they are both ``False``.
"""
ipv4_mapped = self.ipv4_mapped
if ipv4_mapped is not None:
@@ -2064,12 +2090,18 @@ class IPv6Address(_BaseV6, _BaseAddress):
@property
def is_global(self):
- """Test if this address is allocated for public networks.
+ """``True`` if the address is defined as globally reachable by
+ iana-ipv4-special-registry_ (for IPv4) or iana-ipv6-special-registry_
+ (for IPv6) with the following exception:
- Returns:
- A boolean, true if the address is not reserved per
- iana-ipv6-special-registry.
+ For IPv4-mapped IPv6-addresses the ``is_private`` value is determined by the
+ semantics of the underlying IPv4 addresses and the following condition holds
+ (see :attr:`IPv6Address.ipv4_mapped`)::
+
+ address.is_global == address.ipv4_mapped.is_global
+ ``is_global`` has value opposite to :attr:`is_private`, except for the ``100.64.0.0/10``
+ IPv4 range where they are both ``False``.
"""
return not self.is_private