[New-bugs-announce] [issue21369] Extended modes for tarfile.TarFile()

[Sworddragon]

New submission from Sworddragon:

tarfile.open() does support optionally an compression method on the mode argument in the form of 'filemode[:compression]' but tarfile.TarFile() does only suport 'a', 'r' and 'w'. Is there a special reason that tarfile.TarFile() doesn't directly support an optional compression method? Otherwise it would be nice if they could be used directly on tarfile.TarFile() too.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 217320
nosy: Sworddragon
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Extended modes for tarfile.TarFile()
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.4

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