Python vs. Java gzip performance

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Felipe Almeida Lessa wrote:
> def readlines(self, sizehint=None):
> 	if sizehint is None:
> 		return self.read().splitlines(True)
> 	# ...
> 
> Is it okay? Or is there any embedded problem I couldn't see?

It's dangerous, if the file is really large - it might exhaust
your memory. Such a setting shouldn't be the default.

Somebody should research what blocking size works best for zipfiles,
and then compare that in performance to "read it all at once".

It would be good if the rationale for using at most 100 bytes at
a time could be discovered.

Regards,
Martin