Re: [Python-Dev] zipfile.py

James C. Ahlstrom wrote:

ftp://ftp.interet.com/pub/pylib.html

I feel that it smell a bit too much like a tool and too little like an general programming api. - It can only add disk files. The ability to write data to a zip entry through a file-like object or from a string would make it more like an API, IMHO - Some kind of access to the TOC entry fields (date, size, compressed size etc) also seems like a nice feature. - The data for an entry must be available in memory. Could be a problem for huge files, but most like not in practical use. I admit that I am fond of the api from java.util.zip.ZipFile and java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream. Regards, Finn Bock