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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gzip.py b/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
index 17ecda2..0251914 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
@@ -358,6 +358,26 @@ class TestGzip(BaseTest):
isizeBytes = fRead.read(4)
self.assertEqual(isizeBytes, struct.pack('<i', len(data1)))
+ def test_compresslevel_metadata(self):
+ # see RFC 1952: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1952.html
+ # specifically, discussion of XFL in section 2.3.1
+ cases = [
+ ('fast', 1, b'\x04'),
+ ('best', 9, b'\x02'),
+ ('tradeoff', 6, b'\x00'),
+ ]
+ xflOffset = 8
+
+ for (name, level, expectedXflByte) in cases:
+ with self.subTest(name):
+ fWrite = gzip.GzipFile(self.filename, 'w', compresslevel=level)
+ with fWrite:
+ fWrite.write(data1)
+ with open(self.filename, 'rb') as fRead:
+ fRead.seek(xflOffset)
+ xflByte = fRead.read(1)
+ self.assertEqual(xflByte, expectedXflByte)
+
def test_with_open(self):
# GzipFile supports the context management protocol
with gzip.GzipFile(self.filename, "wb") as f: