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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -240,7 +240,11 @@ write code that handles both IP versions correctly.  Address objects are
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241241   .. attribute :: is_reserved 
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243-       ``True `` if the address is otherwise IETF reserved.
243+       ``True `` if the address is *labelled * as reserved by the IETF:
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245+       * IPv4 address ``240.0.0.0/4 `` named ``Reserved ``. This attribute is not related to the
246+         ``Reserved-by-Protocol `` value in iana-ipv4-special-registry _
247+       * IPv6 addresses allocated as ``Reserved by IETF `` for future use (see iana-ipv6-address-space _)
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245249   .. attribute :: is_loopback 
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262266.. _iana-ipv4-special-registry : https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv4-special-registry/iana-ipv4-special-registry.xhtml 
263267.. _iana-ipv6-special-registry : https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv6-special-registry/iana-ipv6-special-registry.xhtml 
268+ .. _iana-ipv6-address-space : https://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-address-space/ipv6-address-space.xhtml 
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265270.. method :: IPv4Address.__format__(fmt) 
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