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authorThomas Heller <theller@ctypes.org>2003-07-22 18:10:15 (GMT)
committerThomas Heller <theller@ctypes.org>2003-07-22 18:10:15 (GMT)
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Change the zipimport implementation to accept files containing
arbitrary bytes before the actual zip compatible archive. Zipfiles containing comments at the end of the file are still not supported. Add a testcase to test_zipimport, and update NEWS. This closes sf #775637 and sf #669036.
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@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ What's New in Python 2.3 release candidate 2?
Core and builtins
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+- It is now possible to import from zipfiles containing additional
+ data bytes before the zip compatible archive. Zipfiles containing a
+ comment at the end are still unsupported.
+
Extension modules
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