[issue41169] socket.inet_pton raised when pass an IPv6 address like "[::]" to it

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[issue41169] socket.inet_pton raised when pass an IPv6 address like "[::]" to it

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[issue41169] socket.inet_pton raised when pass an IPv6 address like "[::]" to it

Wator Sead added the comment: The point is square brackets, not the address, they (socket.inet_pton and socket.socket) behave different. Can make it not be accepted, any conditions? -- versions: -Python 3.7, Python 3.8 ___ Python tracker

[issue41169] socket.inet_pton raised when pass an IPv6 address like "[::]" to it

Wator Sead added the comment: Can you try bind "::". My ask is "Can make a consistent behave via constraints it?". -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue41169] socket.inet_pton raised when pass an IPv6 address like "[::]" to it

Christian Heimes added the comment: The behavior of sockets depends on platform and implementation details of OS and libc. Binding to ('[::]', 888) does not work for me on Linux. It might work on other problems. The majority of functions and methods in the socket module are thin wrappers

[issue41169] socket.inet_pton raised when pass an IPv6 address like "[::]" to it

Wator Sead added the comment: [::] can be bound, but the resoult is [::1], you must use this address to connect. Excuse me, are you a developer of the Python? >>> import socket >>> ls = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6) >>> cs = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6) >>> ls.bind(('[::]', 888)) # no

[issue41169] socket.inet_pton raised when pass an IPv6 address like "[::]" to it

Christian Heimes added the comment: In your example you are binding to [::1]. That's suppose to work. Binding or connecting to [::] does not work for me on Linux: >>> addr = '[::]', >>> s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6) >>> s.bind(addr) Traceback (most recent call last): File "",

[issue41169] socket.inet_pton raised when pass an IPv6 address like "[::]" to it

Wator Sead added the comment: I did not build it, just download the Windows pre-built releases. Can make a consistent behave via constraints it? socket.socket accepted it, but socket.inet_pton did not. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue41169] socket.inet_pton raised when pass an IPv6 address like "[::]" to it

Christian Heimes added the comment: I can reproduce the problem with 3.6 and even Python versions as old as 3.4: Python 3.4.10rc1+ (default, Jun 30 2020, 23:15:25) [GCC 10.1.1 20200507 (Red Hat 10.1.1-1)] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>

[issue41169] socket.inet_pton raised when pass an IPv6 address like "[::]" to it

New submission from Wator Sead : 3.6: >>> import socket >>> socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6,'[::]') b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00' 3.7 and above: >>> import socket >>> socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6,'[::]') Traceback (most recent call last): File