chat has a vision (idk the state i jus want to commit)

ipjs/src/subcommands/address/mod.rs

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+//! ts
+//! 
+//! deals with both ip a (addroutput) and ip l (commonoutput)
+//! 
+//! lowk why its free but its indirection and its ass
+
+use macaddr::{MacAddr, MacAddr6};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+/// i dont include what i dont know about (almost all ts)
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+struct CommmonOutput {
+    ifindex: u32,
+    ifname: String,
+    /// i imagine UP or DOWN, unknown
+    operstate: String,
+    // 6 has a serde and the enum doesnt? why.
+    address: Option<MacAddr6>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct AddrOutput {
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    c: CommmonOutput,
+    addr_info: Vec<AddrInfo>,
+}
+
+// i be copying
+// Raw JSON shape from ip -j -4 address show
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+struct AddrInfo {
+    family: Option<String>,
+
+    local: Option<String>,
+    prefixlen: Option<u8>,
+
+    broadcast: Option<String>,
+
+    scope: Option<String>,
+    label: Option<String>,
+    // many more exist; we only take what we need
+}