Re: [Jython-users] Silly question

[Dave K. <dku...@re...>]

 <astigmatik <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Can someone send me Info-Zip or point me to the right direction? I've
> taken a look at their website and I don't know which one exactly I
> should download - the ftp links are of no help either. I've also
> looked at their sourceforge site but the files that are there are
> source files; and I've never compiled anything in my life.
> 
> I want to use it for jythonc. I'm on Windows XP.

I'm not sure what you want to do, but ...

Jython 2.2.1 already includes the zipfile module.

When I (just now) compiled a module containing use of the zipfile module with:

    $ jythonc -a -j tmp.jar zip_file_report.py

I get a jar file that I can run with:

    $ java -jar tmp.jar plants.zip

If you want to use the zipfile module in your jython (or python) scripts, you 
should not have to compile or install anything additional.

A bit of additional info -- Compiling the C source code for zlib will not do 
you any good for jython, anyway.  C code cannot be used by Jython.  The zipfile 
support for Jython is implemented using Java's zip support.  If you want to 
learn how that is done, take a look at the following in your Jython 
installation:

    jython2.2.1/Lib/zipfile.py
    jython2.2.1/Lib/zlib.py

Hope this helps.

- Dave