def _collapse_address_list_recursive(addresses):
    """Loops through the addresses, collapsing concurrent netblocks.

    Example:

        ip1 = IPv4Network('1.1.0.0/24')
        ip2 = IPv4Network('1.1.1.0/24')
        ip3 = IPv4Network('1.1.2.0/24')
        ip4 = IPv4Network('1.1.3.0/24')
        ip5 = IPv4Network('1.1.4.0/24')
        ip6 = IPv4Network('1.1.0.1/22')

        _collapse_address_list_recursive([ip1, ip2, ip3, ip4, ip5, ip6]) ->
          [IPv4Network('1.1.0.0/22'), IPv4Network('1.1.4.0/24')]

        This shouldn't be called directly; it is called via
          collapse_address_list([]).

    Args:
        addresses: A list of IPv4Network's or IPv6Network's

    Returns:
        A list of IPv4Network's or IPv6Network's depending on what we were
        passed.

    """
    ret_array = []
    optimized = False

    for cur_addr in addresses:
        if not ret_array:
            ret_array.append(cur_addr)
            continue
        if cur_addr in ret_array[-1]:
            optimized = True
        elif cur_addr == ret_array[-1].supernet().subnet()[1]:
            ret_array.append(ret_array.pop().supernet())
            optimized = True
        else:
            ret_array.append(cur_addr)

    if optimized:
        return _collapse_address_list_recursive(ret_array)

    return ret_array
Loops through the addresses, collapsing concurrent netblocks.

    Example:

        ip1 = IPv4Network('1.1.0.0/24')
        ip2 = IPv4Network('1.1.1.0/24')
        ip3 = IPv4Network('1.1.2.0/24')
        ip4 = IPv4Network('1.1.3.0/24')
        ip5 = IPv4Network('1.1.4.0/24')
        ip6 = IPv4Network('1.1.0.1/22')

        _collapse_address_list_recursive([ip1, ip2, ip3, ip4, ip5, ip6]) ->
          [IPv4Network('1.1.0.0/22'), IPv4Network('1.1.4.0/24')]

        This shouldn't be called directly; it is called via
          collapse_address_list([]).

    Args:
        addresses: A list of IPv4Network's or IPv6Network's

    Returns:
        A list of IPv4Network's or IPv6Network's depending on what we were
        passed.

    
python/ipaddr.py