[Python-Dev] Re: Another approach for the import mechanism (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik@pythonware.com
Mon, 9 Dec 2002 15:29:12 +0100

Bob Kline wrote:

> Basically, disk space is cheap ... =20 True in many contexts, but not all. And the differences in = compression ratios between zip and bzipped tar can be surprisingly significant.

tried doing random access in a bzipped tar file?