Remove the TarFileCompat class from tarfile.py.
diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
index bc5ce62..b7ca062 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
@@ -119,21 +119,7 @@
module can read.
-.. class:: TarFileCompat(filename, mode='r', compression=TAR_PLAIN)
-
- Class for limited access to tar archives with a :mod:`zipfile`\ -like interface.
- Please consult the documentation of the :mod:`zipfile` module for more details.
- *compression* must be one of the following constants:
-
-
- .. data:: TAR_PLAIN
-
- Constant for an uncompressed tar archive.
-
-
- .. data:: TAR_GZIPPED
-
- Constant for a :mod:`gzip` compressed tar archive.
+The :mod:`tarfile` module defines the following exceptions:
.. exception:: TarError
diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
index a79e35c..607dbfa 100644
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -2451,54 +2451,6 @@
self.idx = idx
return item
-#---------------------------------------------
-# zipfile compatible TarFile class
-#---------------------------------------------
-TAR_PLAIN = 0 # zipfile.ZIP_STORED
-TAR_GZIPPED = 8 # zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED
-class TarFileCompat:
- """TarFile class compatible with standard module zipfile's
- ZipFile class.
- """
- def __init__(self, file, mode="r", compression=TAR_PLAIN):
- if compression == TAR_PLAIN:
- self.tarfile = TarFile.taropen(file, mode)
- elif compression == TAR_GZIPPED:
- self.tarfile = TarFile.gzopen(file, mode)
- else:
- raise ValueError("unknown compression constant")
- if mode[0:1] == "r":
- members = self.tarfile.getmembers()
- for m in members:
- m.filename = m.name
- m.file_size = m.size
- m.date_time = time.gmtime(m.mtime)[:6]
- def namelist(self):
- return map(lambda m: m.name, self.infolist())
- def infolist(self):
- return filter(lambda m: m.type in REGULAR_TYPES,
- self.tarfile.getmembers())
- def printdir(self):
- self.tarfile.list()
- def testzip(self):
- return
- def getinfo(self, name):
- return self.tarfile.getmember(name)
- def read(self, name):
- return self.tarfile.extractfile(self.tarfile.getmember(name)).read()
- def write(self, filename, arcname=None, compress_type=None):
- self.tarfile.add(filename, arcname)
- def writestr(self, zinfo, bytes):
- from io import StringIO
- import calendar
- zinfo.name = zinfo.filename
- zinfo.size = zinfo.file_size
- zinfo.mtime = calendar.timegm(zinfo.date_time)
- self.tarfile.addfile(zinfo, StringIO(bytes))
- def close(self):
- self.tarfile.close()
-#class TarFileCompat
-
#--------------------
# exported functions
#--------------------
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b7d4992..3679a5b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
Library
-------
+- Remove the TarFileCompat class from tarfile.py.
+
- Issue #2491: os.fdopen is now almost an alias for the built-in open(), and
accepts the same parameters. It just checks that its first argument is an
integer.