Provide a way to skip magic-number search in ZipFile(mode='a')
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Description
| BPO | 42594 |
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created_at = <Date 2020-12-07.22:40:05.720>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library', '3.10']
title = "Provide a way to skip magic-number search in ZipFile(mode='a')"
updated_at = <Date 2020-12-07.22:40:05.720>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/BartRobinson'
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type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue42594'
versions = ['Python 3.10']
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the ZipFile implementation and the append-mode path used by ZipFile(mode='a'), then trace where the archive's magic-number search occurs. Determine how a caller could skip that search and identify the relevant tests for append mode; done means the new option works without breaking existing ZipFile behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100