This is a replacement for the `zlib` module that used to be built-in and
has been replaced by the MicroPython-specific `deflate` module.
Also updates the `gzip` module in a similar fashion and provide the
`gzip.GzipFile` class and `gzip.open` function.
This work was funded through GitHub Sponsors.
Signed-off-by: Jim Mussared <jim.mussared@gmail.com>
The packages in this directory aim to provide compatible implementations of
modules from the Python Standard Library, with the goal of allowing existing
Python code to run un-modified on MicroPython.
Implementation
Many packages are implemented in pure Python, often based on the original
CPython implementation. (e.g. collections.defaultdict)
Some packages are based on or extend from the built-in "micro" modules in the
MicroPython firmware, providing additional functionality that didn't need to
be written in C (e.g. collections, socket, struct).
Future plans (ideas for contributors):
Add README.md to each library explaining compatibility and limitations.
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