Enhancement : ifa_flags

[NicoPy]

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Some addr->ifa_flags bits are used to determine broadcast/peer address type. Other bits can be useful, like IFF_UP (interface is up). Do you agree this is a good idea to expose them to Python side ?

[al45tair]

In principle, yes, but only if the same functionality can be achieved on other platforms (a minimum set being Linux, macOS, Windows and FreeBSD). What I don't want is for information to be supplied e.g. only if you're running Linux, or only if you aren't running Windows, or some similar situation.

[NicoPy]

That makes sense.

[keepsimple1]

Not sure if covered by this issue, but is it possible to expose loopback flag on the Python side? i.e. can we check if a given interface is a loopback interface or not?

As a reference, Java 7 (and above) provides that function.

[barabanus]

Let me add that it would be cool to see whether interface has MULTICAST flag too!