I wrote a zstd module for stdlib:
https://github.com/animalize/cpython/pull/8/files
And a PyPI version based on it:
PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/pyzstd/
Doc: https://pyzstd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
If you decide to include it into stdlib, the work can be done in a short time.
Zstd has some advantages: fast speed, multi-threaded compression, dictionary
for small data, etc. IMO it's suitable as a replacement for zlib, but at this
time:
1, If it is included into stdlib, it will take advantage of the huge
influence of Python and become popular.
2, If wait until zstd becomes popular, and there is no better alternate,
unnecessary time will be wasted. (I'm +0.5 on this option. Python promotes a
technology that is on the rise, which is a bit strange.)
I heard in data science domain, the data is often huge, such as hundreds of GB
or more. If people can make full use of multi-core CPU to compress, the
experience will be much better than zlib.
Your survey on PyPI mentioned data science. Maybe you can talk to those people
about this.
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