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@@ -1271,15 +1271,26 @@ General Name Classes
.. versionadded:: 0.9
This corresponds to a uniform resource identifier. For example,
- ``https://cryptography.io``. The URI is parsed and IDNA decoded (see
- :rfc:`5895`).
+ ``https://cryptography.io``.
- .. note::
+ ..note::
- URIs that do not contain ``://`` in them will not be decoded.
+ Starting with version 2.1 unicode input is deprecated. If passing an
+ internationalized domain name (IDN) you should first IDNA encode the
+ hostname and then pass the resulting bytes.
+
+ .. attribute:: bytes_value
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.1
+
+ :type: bytes
.. attribute:: value
+ .. deprecated:: 2.1
+
+ Deprecated accessor for the idna-decoded value of :attr:`bytes_value`
+
:type: :term:`text`
.. class:: IPAddress(value)