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@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ API Description
``inet.is_set(foo)`` is ``set`` table?
``inet.set()`` get new empty ``set`` instance.
``inet.mixed_networks`` IPv6 mixed notation ``set``
+``inet.lpeg`` LPeg_ patterns
``inet.version`` API version (currently ``1``)
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@@ -188,6 +189,29 @@ There is a multitude of different ways to create ``inet*`` instances.
inet('192.0.2.0', 33) -- returns nil, 'invalid mask'
inet('2001:db8::', 129) -- returns nil, 'invalid mask'
+Usable in LPeg patterns
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Internally ``inet`` uses LPeg_ to parse IP adresses, but the
+LPeg patterns are also available for embedding into your
+own LPeg patterns.
+
+::
+
+ local lpeg = require 'lpeg'
+ local P = lpeg.P
+ local http_host_v6 = P('[') * inet.lpeg.ipv6 * P(']')
+ local http_host = http_host_v6 + inet.lpeg.ipv4
+ local my_http_uri = P('https://') * http_host * P('/') * -1
+
+ my_http_uri:match('https://192.0.2.0/') -- returns inet('192.0.2.0')
+ my_http_uri:match('https://[2001:db8::1]/') -- returns inet('2001:db8::1')
+
+ inet.lpeg.ipv6:match('2001:db8::/64') -- returns inet('2001:db8::/64')
+ inet.lpeg.ipv4:match('192.0.2.0/24') -- returns inet('192.0.2.0/24')
+ inet.lpeg.ip:match('2001:db8::/64') -- returns inet('2001:db8::/64')
+ inet.lpeg.ip:match('192.0.2.0/24') -- returns inet('192.0.2.0/24')
+
Mangling
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