Message 124887 - Python tracker

Message124887

Author	pitrou
Recipients	dabeaz, pitrou, r.david.murray
Date	2010-12-29.23:14:21
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> Do Python devs really view gzip and bz2 as two totally completely > different animals? They both have the same functionality and would be > used for the same kinds of things. Maybe I'm missing something. Well, the reality of divergent implementation strategies trumps the theory of API compatibility :) The approach taken by bz2 is IMO regrettable, but it's not a ten minutes job to write it again from scratch.

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> Do Python devs really view gzip and bz2 as two totally completely
> different animals?  They both have the same functionality and would be
> used for the same kinds of things.   Maybe I'm missing something.

Well, the reality of divergent implementation strategies trumps the
theory of API compatibility :) The approach taken by bz2 is IMO
regrettable, but it's not a ten minutes job to write it again from
scratch.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2010-12-29 23:14:23	pitrou	set	recipients: + pitrou, r.david.murray, dabeaz
2010-12-29 23:14:21	pitrou	link	issue10791 messages
2010-12-29 23:14:21	pitrou	create