[Python-Dev] Request for Pronouncement: PEP 441 - Improving Python ZIP Application Support

[Serhiy Storchaka]

On 23.02.15 21:22, Ethan Furman wrote:
> This could be a completely stupid question, but how does the zip file know where the individual files are?  More to the
> point, does the index work via relative or absolute offset?  If absolute, wouldn't the index have to be rewritten if the
> zip portion of the file moves?

Absolute.