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= Function ipv6_address::loopback

pass:v,q[Return an address object that represents the loopback address]


== Synopsis

Declared in header `</boost/url/ipv6_address.hpp#L324[boost/url/ipv6_address.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
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static
xref:boost/urls/ipv6_address.adoc[ipv6_address]
loopback() noexcept;
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== Description

pass:v,q[The unicast address 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 is called] pass:v,q[the loopback address. It may be used by a node]
pass:v,q[to send an IPv6 packet to itself.]

=== Specification

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4291#section-2.5.3[            2.5.3. The Loopback Address (rfc4291)]



== Return Value

* `ipv6_address`