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"""IPv4 helper functions."""
import socket
import sys
if sys.hexversion < 0x02030000 or sys.platform == 'win32':
#
# Some versions of Python 2.2 have an inet_aton which rejects
# the valid IP address '255.255.255.255'. It appears this
# problem is still present on the Win32 platform even in 2.3.
# We'll work around the problem.
#
def inet_aton(text):
if text == '255.255.255.255':
return '\xff' * 4
else:
return socket.inet_aton(text)
else:
inet_aton = socket.inet_aton
inet_ntoa = socket.inet_ntoa