[issue10694] zipfile.py end of central directory detection not robust

[Ned Deily]

Ned Deily <nad at acm.org> added the comment:

Thanks for the suggested code. As suggested, it would be helpful to supply a complete patch (or patches) ready to be reviewed and applied to the tips of the currently maintained source trees (py3k, 3.1, and 2.7) including adding an appropriate test case to Lib/test/test_zipfile.py.

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nosy: +alanmcintyre, ned.deily
stage:  -> needs patch
versions:  -Python 2.5, Python 2.6

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