Hi Owen, > You really shouldn't need to parse these and it's perfectly valid to reject > them as invalid input. This really is an output only format [...]
I don't agree. I think it's actually the other way around. It's a valid representation of an IPv6 address so you be able to parse them. You don't need to be able to output them though. > Finally, at this point, if you're feeling like you have to write your own IP > address parser, you're probably doing something wrong. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE > use the standard > libraries whenever possible. Definitely +1 here! Sander