Jacques Frechet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I'm no expert either. The output certainly seems to be deterministic for a given version of zlib, and I'm not aware of any prior versions of zlib that produce different compressed output. However, my understanding is that there is more than one possible compressed representation of a given uncompressed input, so it's entirely possible that a past or future version of zlib might produce compressed output that is different while remaining interoperable. I have no idea whether the zlib people care specifically about producing identical compressed output across versions or not. It might be a big deal to them, or they might have other priorities.
I included the third test because I am guessing that the compressed output probably won't change very soon, and that if it does, it might be interesting to know that it changed. If that sounds to you like it might be more trouble than it's worth, then I think the right thing to do would be to simply get rid of the third test and keep the first two. _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4272> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
