[Patches] [ python-Patches-503592 ] Add method readfile() to class ZipFile

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Patches item #503592, was opened at 2002-01-14 15:04
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Category: Library (Lib)
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Branko Cibej (brane)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Add method readfile() to class ZipFile

Initial Comment:
The ZipFile class doesn't provide a method to read
bytes from the
archive directly to a disk-based file. That's
unfortunate, because
reading large files from a zip file using the read()
method will burn
about twice the file size amount of RAM. This patch
adds a readfile()
method that reads small chunks of the archived file and
writes them
directly to disk.


Changes to class ZipFile (src/Lib/zipfile.py):

- New attribute _chunk_size: readfile() and write() use
this to
  calculate the read/write buffer sizes.

- New method _readcheck: Like _writecheck, but used for
error checking
  before reading from the archive.

- Changes to read(): Factor out error checking and call
_readcheck().

- Changes to write(): Use self._chunk_size as the read
size instead
  of a hard-coded value.

- New method readfile().


Changes to the docs (src/Doc/lib/libzipfile.tex):

- Document ZipFile.readfile().


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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2002-01-16 03:44

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I'd rather prefer a different solution: create a .open()
method on ZipFile opjects, which return file-like objects.
With that, you can shutils.copyfileobj to achive what you want.

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