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Is this an issue in new versions of vanilla Python? I mostly bang on crusty old Java stuff and zip streaming has been built into JDK for decades
by eggsnbacon1 6y ago
Is this an issue in new versions of vanilla Python? I mostly bang on crusty old Java stuff and zip streaming has been built into JDK for decades
- kitotik 6y agoIt’s a valid question. I’m a long time python user but haven’t ever had to work with zip files and didn’t know the answer.
- hithere68 6y agoYeah!
- stuaxo 6y agoThe library this uses is an old enough bit of python that when I started 12 years ago, I looked at the code and thought the code looked a bit crusty and old.
- toyg 6y agoZip support in cpython stdlib has been there forever (I think it might even be from 2.0 times, early ‘00s) but it’s never been very user-friendly or particularly advanced. It’s one of those things like timezone and http, where the implemented API didn’t really come out “right” and there has been some pain ever since. It’s a bit like SSL stuff in JDK: something that should instinctively be very easy just... isn’t.