Issue 43079: wrong IP address range given for ipv4_mapped

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Title:	wrong IP address range given for ipv4_mapped
Type:	behavior	Stage:
Components:	Documentation	Versions:	Python 3.10, Python 3.9, Python 3.8, Python 3.7, Python 3.6

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Assigned To:	docs@python	Nosy List:	alwhaley, docs@python
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Created on 2021-01-30 22:17 by alwhaley, last changed 2021-01-30 22:17 by alwhaley.

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msg385999 - (view)	Author: Al (alwhaley)	Date: 2021-01-30 22:17
https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/ipaddress.html This documentation for the 'ipaddress' IPv4/IPv6 Manipulation Library incorrectly states the address range for 'ipv4_mapped' as ::FFFF/96 (which means 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:FFFF/96). This is just flat out wrong. There are some websites out there, e.g. APNIC, that also have this error. The correct address range can be expressed by any of the following methods: 1) 0:0:0:0:0:FFFF:0:0/96 2) ::FFFF:0:0/96 3) 0:0:0:0:0:FFFF::/96

msg385999 - (view)

Author: Al (alwhaley)

Date: 2021-01-30 22:17

https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/ipaddress.html

This documentation for the 'ipaddress' IPv4/IPv6 Manipulation Library incorrectly states the address range for 'ipv4_mapped' as ::FFFF/96 (which means 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:FFFF/96).  This is just flat out wrong.  There are some websites out there, e.g. APNIC, that also have this error.

The correct address range can be expressed by any of the following methods:
1) 0:0:0:0:0:FFFF:0:0/96
2) ::FFFF:0:0/96
3) 0:0:0:0:0:FFFF::/96

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Date	User	Action	Args
2021-01-30 22:17:20	alwhaley	create