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README update to refer to ipwhois
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* Will detect and warn about any changes in parsed data compared to previous runs
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* Guarantees that previously working WHOIS parsing doesn't unintentionally break when changing code
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## IP range WHOIS
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`pythonwhois` does not yet support WHOIS lookups on IP ranges (including single IPs), although this will be added at some point in the future. In the meantime, consider using [`ipwhois`](https://github.com/secynic/ipwhois) - it offers functionality and an API similar to `pythonwhois`, but for IPs. It also supports delegated RWhois.
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Do note that `ipwhois` does not offer a normalization feature, and does not (yet) come with a command-line tool. Additionally, `ipwhois` is maintained by Philip Hane and not by me; please make sure to file bugs relating to it in the `ipwhois` repository, not in that of `pythonwhois`.
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## Important update notes
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*2.4.0 and up*: A lot of changes were made to the normalization, and the performance under Python 2.x was significantly improved. The average parsing time under Python 2.7 has dropped by 94% (!), and on my system averages out at 18ms. Performance under Python 3.x is [unchanged](https://github.com/joepie91/python-whois/issues/27). `pythonwhois` will now expand a lot of abbreviations in normalized mode, such as airport codes, ISO country codes, and US/CA/AU state abbreviations. The consequence of this is that the library is now bigger (as it ships a list of these abbreviations). Also note that there *may* be licensing consequences, in particular regarding the airport code database. More information about that can be found below.

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