Issue 563141: fileinput/gzip modules should play well (original) (raw)

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Title:	fileinput/gzip modules should play well
Type:	enhancement	Stage:
Components:	Library (Lib)	Versions:

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Status:	closed	Resolution:	accepted
Dependencies:		Superseder:
Assigned To:		Nosy List:	brett.cannon, georg.brandl, groggygreggy
Priority:	normal	Keywords:

Created on 2002-06-01 00:27 by groggygreggy, last changed 2022-04-10 16:05 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (4)
msg53552 - (view)	Author: Greg White (groggygreggy)	Date: 2002-06-01 00:27
It seems to be nearly impossible to use the fileinput module to read gzip files, even though gzip support is available in the gzip module. As a first step, it would be nice if the fileinput.FileInput class provided an overridable method that let outsiders glue the gzip module in place. It would also be nice if there was a way to make fileinput just automatically support gzip files (if, for instance, it saw a .gz extension).
msg53553 - (view)	Author: Brett Cannon (brett.cannon) *	Date: 2003-05-13 02:25
Logged In: YES user_id=357491 The hook is reasonable, the automatic opening of gzip is not. No need to have magic done based purely on extension. Any chance you could write a patch to expose the hook?
msg53554 - (view)	Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) *	Date: 2005-06-05 14:52
Logged In: YES user_id=1188172 See patch #1215184.
msg53555 - (view)	Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) *	Date: 2006-02-19 14:58
Logged In: YES user_id=1188172 Accepted by committing patch #1215184.