An IP version 4 style address.
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| bytes_type | The type used to represent an address as an array of bytes | 
| uint_type | The type used to represent an address as an unsigned integer | 
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| ipv4_address[constructor] | Constructors | 
| operator= | Copy Assignment. | 
| is_loopback | Return true if the address is a loopback address | 
| is_multicast | Return true if the address is a multicast address | 
| is_unspecified | Return true if the address is unspecified | 
| to_buffer | Write a dotted decimal string representing the address to a buffer | 
| to_bytes | Return the address as bytes, in network byte order. | 
| to_string | Return the address as a string in dotted decimal format | 
| to_uint | Return the address as an unsigned integer. | 
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| any | Return an address object that represents any address | 
| broadcast | Return an address object that represents the broadcast address | 
| loopback | Return an address object that represents the loopback address | 
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| max_str_len | The number of characters in the longest possible IPv4 string. | 
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| ipv6_address | An IP version 6 style address. | 
| operator<< | Format the address to an output stream. | 
| operator!= | Return true if two addresses are not equal | 
| operator== | Return true if two addresses are equal | 
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| parse_ipv4_address | Return an IPv4 address from an IP address string in dotted decimal form | 
Objects of this type are used to construct, parse, and manipulate IP version 6 addresses.
IPv4address = dec-octet "." dec-octet "." dec-octet "." dec-octet
dec-octet   = DIGIT                 ; 0-9
            / %x31-39 DIGIT         ; 10-99
            / "1" 2DIGIT            ; 100-199
            / "2" %x30-34 DIGIT     ; 200-249
            / "25" %x30-35          ; 250-255