packed is a bytearray on some platforms and str on others

[oschwald]

See maxmind/GeoIP2-python#41

On Ubuntu using 2.7.13, type(ipaddress.ip_address(u'128.101.101.101').packed) returns <type 'str'>, but the user in that issue is reporting receiving <type 'bytearray'> on macOS 10.12.2.

[phihag]

I strongly suspect the original poster is using py2-ipaddress instead of this backport. I regard py2-ipaddress as dangerous and defective for the reasons outlined here. I have commented in maxmind/GeoIP2-python#41 and asked for confirmation.

[oschwald]

Thanks for following up. After testing py2-ipaddress myself, I suspect you are right. I'll close this issue and reopen if the original reporter provides contrary evidence.