ipaddress: increment/decrement on IPv*Interface disregards bitmask prefix
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Description
| BPO | 43986 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @katsel |
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title = 'ipaddress: increment/decrement on IPv*Interface disregards bitmask prefix'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue43986'
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Research direction
Start by locating the ipaddress library implementation for incrementing and decrementing IPv*Interface values. Reproduce the reported behavior with an interface that has a bitmask prefix, then determine the expected prefix-preserving behavior and add coverage showing that the increment and decrement operations respect it.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100