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netaddr

Warning

This package is a work in progress. Don't use it yet.

What

This is a package containing a new IP address type for Go.

See its docs: https://godoc.org/inet.af/netaddr

Motivation

  • golang/go#18804 ("net: reconsider representation of IP")
  • golang/go#18757 ("net: ParseIP should return an error, like other Parse functions")
  • golang/go#37921 ("net: Unable to reliably distinguish IPv4-mapped-IPv6 addresses from regular IPv4 addresses")
  • merges net.IPAddr and net.IP (which the Go net package is a little torn between for legacy reasons)
  • ...
  • TODO: finish this list