[issue3488] Provide compress/uncompress functions on the gzip module

Anand B Pillai added the comment: Okay. Verified as working. Thank you! -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Un

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Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Modified patch committed in r84155 (py3k). Thanks for your contribution! -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue3488] Provide compress/uncompress functions on the gzip module

Mark Lawrence added the comment: This appears to have slipped under the radar, msg94432 seems to sum it up. Could someone please take this forward. -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker ___

[issue3488] Provide compress/uncompress functions on the gzip module

Anand B Pillai added the comment: Uploading rst documentation svn diff for module. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file15283/gzip.rst.svndiff ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue3488] Provide compress/uncompress functions on the gzip module

Anand B Pillai added the comment: Uploading fresh gzip.py SVN diff with a minor change, i.e accepting a regular string as argument, aka zlib.compress. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file15282/gzip.py.svndiff ___ Python tracker

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Anand B Pillai added the comment: Ok, I will add this. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http:

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Antoine Pitrou added the comment: The patch lacks a documentation update, though. (see Doc/library/gzip.rst) -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

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Gregory P. Smith added the comment: Seems simple enough, I don't see why not. -- nosy: +gregory.p.smith ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Pyt

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Changes by Antoine Pitrou : -- priority: -> normal stage: -> patch review versions: +Python 3.2 -Python 3.0 ___ Python tracker ___ __

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Anand B Pillai added the comment: Can we include this for the next release ? -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing li

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Anand B Pillai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Added test case in test_gzip.py. Attaching svn diff of the same. Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file11052/test_gzip_svn_diff.patch ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[issue3488] Provide compress/uncompress functions on the gzip module

Anand B Pillai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Uploading the svn diff. Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file11050/gzip_svn_diff.patch ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ __

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Anand B Pillai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I have uploaded the actual patch file which can be applied against the gzip.py module. I did not modify the _test() function since it is written for testing file compression. I can modify test_gzip.py if this patch is accepted. -- key

[issue3488] Provide compress/uncompress functions on the gzip module

Anand B Pillai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Thanks. The file I uploaded was not an actual patch but just how the functions would appear in the gzip module, to illustrate the code. I can make an actual patch to gzip.py with docstrings, unit-tests and taking care of your other comments.

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Antoine Pitrou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I think the functionality is useful, although it may be too late to make it into 2.6/3.0. Some comments: - the functions should have docstrings - there should be unit tests - style nit: named parameters in function calls (and default values in

[issue3488] Provide compress/uncompress functions on the gzip module

Anand B Pillai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Uploading a file containing two functions which can be used to provide compress/uncompress on gzip. This is not a patch to gzip.py, but a stand-alone file. It this looks fine, I will make a patch. Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file11035

[issue3488] Provide compress/uncompress functions on the gzip module

New submission from Anand B Pillai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Python has great in-built support for all sorts of text compression including bzip, gzip, tarfile and other general purpose modules like zlib etc. Of these, I have a gripe with gzip - it does not provide a simple way of compressing/uncompre