| The :mod:`!compression` package | |
| =============================== | |
| .. module:: compression | |
| .. versionadded:: 3.14 | |
| The :mod:`!compression` package contains the canonical compression modules | |
| containing interfaces to several different compression algorithms. Some of | |
| these modules have historically been available as separate modules; those will | |
| continue to be available under their original names for compatibility reasons, | |
| and will not be removed without a deprecation cycle. The use of modules in | |
| :mod:`!compression` is encouraged where practical. | |
| * :mod:`!compression.bz2` -- Re-exports :mod:`bz2` | |
| * :mod:`!compression.gzip` -- Re-exports :mod:`gzip` | |
| * :mod:`!compression.lzma` -- Re-exports :mod:`lzma` | |
| * :mod:`!compression.zlib` -- Re-exports :mod:`zlib` | |
| * :mod:`compression.zstd` -- Wrapper for the Zstandard compression library | |