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gh-136752: clarify ipaddress documentation of the is_reserved property
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Matthieu Lienart committed Jul 19, 2025
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Expand Up @@ -240,7 +240,10 @@ write code that handles both IP versions correctly. Address objects are

.. attribute:: is_reserved

``True`` if the address is otherwise IETF reserved.
``True`` if the address is *labelled* as reserved by the IETF:

* IPv4 address ``240.0.0.0/4`` named ``Reserved`` (see iana-ipv4-special-registry_)
* IPv6 addresses allocated as ``Reserved by IETF`` for future use (see iana-ipv6-address-space_)

.. attribute:: is_loopback

Expand All @@ -261,6 +264,7 @@ write code that handles both IP versions correctly. Address objects are

.. _iana-ipv4-special-registry: https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv4-special-registry/iana-ipv4-special-registry.xhtml
.. _iana-ipv6-special-registry: https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv6-special-registry/iana-ipv6-special-registry.xhtml
.. _iana-ipv6-address-space: https://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-address-space/ipv6-address-space.xhtml

.. method:: IPv4Address.__format__(fmt)

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