{ $description "Parses an IP string that may not have all four address components specified, following these rules:" $nl
{ $table
{ { $snippet "A" } { $snippet "0.0.0.A" } }
{ { $snippet "A.D" } { $snippet "A.0.0.D" } }
{ { $snippet "A.B.D" } { $snippet "A.B.0.D" } }
{ { $snippet "A.B.C.D" } { $snippet "A.B.C.D" } }
}
$nl
"In addition, this supports components specified as decimal, octal, hexadecimal, and mixed representations, as well as components specified larger than 255 by carry propagation."
{ $description "Normalizes an IP string that may not have all four address components specified, using the rules implemented by " { $link parse-ipv4 } "."