On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 10:28:19 +0000 Jonathan Underwood <jonathan.underw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have for sometime maintained the Python bindings to the LZ4 > compression library[0, 1]: > > I am wondering if there is interest in having these bindings move to > the standard library to sit alongside the gzip, lzma etc bindings? > Obviously the code would need to be modified to fit the coding > guidelines etc.
Personally I would find it useful indeed. LZ4 is very attractive when (de)compression speed is a primary factor, for example when sending data over a fast network link or a fast local SSD. Another compressor worth including is Zstandard (by the same author as LZ4). Actually, Zstandard and LZ4 cover most of the (speed / compression ratio) range quite well. Informative graphs below: https://gregoryszorc.com/blog/2017/03/07/better-compression-with-zstandard/ Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
