changeset:   89582:b6271cbcc762
user:        Peter Moody <python@hda3.com>
date:        Tue Mar 11 09:55:46 2014 -0700
files:       Lib/ipaddress.py Misc/NEWS
description:
Issue #19157: Include the broadcast address in the usuable hosts for IPv6
in ipaddress.


diff -r 16384988a526 -r b6271cbcc762 Lib/ipaddress.py
--- a/Lib/ipaddress.py	Tue Mar 11 13:17:30 2014 +0100
+++ b/Lib/ipaddress.py	Tue Mar 11 09:55:46 2014 -0700
@@ -2155,6 +2155,18 @@
         if self._prefixlen == (self._max_prefixlen - 1):
             self.hosts = self.__iter__
 
+    def hosts(self):
+        """Generate Iterator over usable hosts in a network.
+
+          This is like __iter__ except it doesn't return the
+          Subnet-Router anycast address.
+
+        """
+        network = int(self.network_address)
+        broadcast = int(self.broadcast_address)
+        for x in range(network + 1, broadcast + 1):
+            yield self._address_class(x)
+
     @property
     def is_site_local(self):
         """Test if the address is reserved for site-local.
diff -r 16384988a526 -r b6271cbcc762 Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Tue Mar 11 13:17:30 2014 +0100
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Tue Mar 11 09:55:46 2014 -0700
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #19157: Include the broadcast address in the usuable hosts for IPv6
+  in ipaddress.
+
 - Issue #20875: Prevent possible gzip "'read' is not defined" NameError.
   Patch by Claudiu Popa.