[issue22800] IPv6Network constructor sometimes does not recognize legitimate netmask

[Chris PeBenito]

New submission from Chris PeBenito:

Python 3.3/3.4 sometimes does not recognize a legitimate IPv6Network netmask:

$ python3
Python 3.3.5 (default, May 28 2014, 13:56:57) 
[GCC 4.7.3] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import ipaddress as ip
>>> nodecon = ip.IPv6Network('ff00::/ff00::')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.3/ipaddress.py", line 2084, in __init__
    self._prefixlen = self._prefix_from_prefix_string(addr[1])
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.3/ipaddress.py", line 514, in _prefix_from_prefix_string
    self._report_invalid_netmask(prefixlen_str)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.3/ipaddress.py", line 497, in _report_invalid_netmask
    raise NetmaskValueError(msg) from None
ipaddress.NetmaskValueError: 'ff00::' is not a valid netmask
>>> nodecon = ip.IPv6Network('ff00::/8')
>>> print(nodecon)
ff00::/8
>>> print(nodecon.with_netmask)
ff00::/ff00::

I get the same behavior on Python 3.4.2.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 230686
nosy: pebenito
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: IPv6Network constructor sometimes does not recognize legitimate netmask
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.3, Python 3.4

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