[Python-Dev] Request for Pronouncement: PEP 441 (original) (raw)

[Python-Dev] Request for Pronouncement: PEP 441 - Improving Python ZIP Application Support

Serhiy Storchaka storchaka at gmail.com
Mon Feb 23 21:23:51 CET 2015


On 23.02.15 21:22, Ethan Furman wrote:

This could be a completely stupid question, but how does the zip file know where the individual files are? More to the point, does the index work via relative or absolute offset? If absolute, wouldn't the index have to be rewritten if the zip portion of the file moves?

Absolute.



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