Hello all, I'd like to propose the addition of a new module in Python 3.3. The 'lzma' module will provide support for compression and decompression using the LZMA algorithm, and the .xz and .lzma file formats. The matter has already been discussed on the tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue6715>, where there seems to be a consensus that this is a desirable feature. What are your thoughts?
The proposed module's API will be very similar to that of the bz2 module; the only differences will be additional keyword arguments to some functions, for specifying container formats and detailed compressor options. The implementation will also be similar to bz2 - basic compressor and decompressor classes written in C, with convenience functions and a file interface implemented on top of those in Python. I've already done some work on the C parts of the module; I'll push that to my sandbox <http://hg.python.org/sandbox/nvawda/> in the next day or two. Cheers, Nadeem _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
