Issue 6003: ZipFile.writestr "compression_type" argument

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
index 0d5f205..cbaf0a6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ ZipFile Objects
       byte, the name of the file in the archive will be truncated at the null byte.
 
 
-.. method:: ZipFile.writestr(zinfo_or_arcname, bytes)
+.. method:: ZipFile.writestr(zinfo_or_arcname, bytes[, compress_type])
 
    Write the string *bytes* to the archive; *zinfo_or_arcname* is either the file
    name it will be given in the archive, or a :class:`ZipInfo` instance.  If it's
@@ -294,6 +294,10 @@ ZipFile Objects
    created with mode ``'r'``  will raise a :exc:`RuntimeError`.  Calling
    :meth:`writestr` on a closed ZipFile will raise a :exc:`RuntimeError`.
 
+   If given, *compress_type* overrides the value given for the *compression*
+   parameter to the constructor for the new entry, or in the *zinfo_or_arcname*
+   (if that is a :class:`ZipInfo` instance).
+
    .. note::
 
       When passing a :class:`ZipInfo` instance as the *zinfo_or_acrname* parameter,
@@ -301,6 +305,9 @@ ZipFile Objects
       member of the given :class:`ZipInfo` instance.  By default, the
       :class:`ZipInfo` constructor sets this member to :const:`ZIP_STORED`.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.7
+      The *compression_type* argument.
+
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