Use of `.version` attribute in `ipaddress` classes break many methods
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Since Nov 22, 2025.
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
The following self-contained snippet behaves correctly with python 3.13 and with 3.14 IF I remove the version attribute.
But with 3.14 and the version attribute, the __eq__ method of AlwaysTrue is never called, and the script prints False for both.
import sys
from ipaddress import IPv4Network, IPv6Network
class AlwaysTrue:
# without this attribute, everything works correctly
version = 42
def __eq__(self, other) -> bool:
return True
print('sys.version', sys.version)
print('IPv4Network == AlwaysTrue', IPv4Network('43.48.0.0/12') == AlwaysTrue())
print('IPv6Network == AlwaysTrue', IPv6Network('::eeff:ae3f:d473/128') == AlwaysTrue())
CPython versions tested on:
3.14
Operating systems tested on:
macOS and linux
Linked PRs
- gh-141651
- gh-141842
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