diff --git a/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst b/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst index e5bdfbb144b65a..9e887d8e65741b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst +++ b/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst @@ -240,7 +240,16 @@ 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 noted as reserved by the IETF. + For IPv4, this is only ``240.0.0.0/4``, the ``Reserved`` address block. + For IPv6, this is all addresses `allocated `__ as + ``Reserved by IETF`` for future use. + + .. note:: For IPv4, ``is_reserved`` is not related to the address block value of the + ``Reserved-by-Protocol`` column in iana-ipv4-special-registry_. + + .. caution:: For IPv6, ``fec0::/10`` a former Site-Local scoped address prefix is + currently excluded from that list (see :attr:`~IPv6Address.is_site_local` & :rfc:`3879`). .. attribute:: is_loopback @@ -261,6 +270,7 @@ 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) pFad - Phonifier reborn

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