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Sat Aug 27 16:36:50 CEST 2011 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2011-August/113193.html

> I'd like to propose the addition of a new module in Python 3.3. The 'lzma'
> module will provide support for compression and decompression using the LZMA
> algorithm, and the .xz and .lzma file formats. The matter has already been
> discussed on the tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue6715>, where there seems
> to be a consensus that this is a desirable feature. What are your thoughts?
> 
> The proposed module's API will be very similar to that of the bz2 module;
> the only differences will be additional keyword arguments to some functions,
> for specifying container formats and detailed compressor options.

+1 for adding and +1 for keeping a similar interface.

Cheers
Ross

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