[pygccxml-development] Py++ Feature request - cache file compression

[Thomas P. <tho...@fr...>]

Hello,

I use the Py++ 'cache' feature in order to speed up module_build_t 
creation. Unfortunately, generated xml files are huge. For instance, in 
the project I'm currently working on, I have about 200 xml files with an 
approximative size of 2Mb for each one. As a result, total size of 
cached gccxml files are about 800Mb.

Wouldn't it be possible to zip/unzip these files before they are used by 
pygccxml? Speed wouldn't really be affected, and the size improvement 
would be about 80% (new size of my folder would then be only 160Mb). The 
cache filename could be passed to module_builder_t either with .xml 
extension (current behaviour) or with .zip extension (xml file would be 
stored as zip archives). I do not have enough free time now to implement 
this feature on my own, but I can provide a patch in the next few weeks.

Best regards,

Thomas Paviot