Are we getting to the point that we want a compresslib like hashlib if we are going to be adding more compression algorithms?
On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 08:44, Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote: > 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/brett%40python.org >
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