Work in progress. This is currently broken!

util/gzipwrap.py

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+from gzip import GzipFile
+
+class GzipWrap(object):
+  def __init__(self, input, filename=None, compresslevel=1):
+    self.input = iter(input)
+    self.buffer = ''
+    self.zipper = GzipFile(filename, mode='wb', fileobj=self, compresslevel=compresslevel)
+    
+  def read(self, size=-1):
+    # If the buffer already has enough bytes, then simply pop them off of
+    # the beginning and return them.
+    if len(self.buffer) >= size:
+      ret = self.buffer[0:size]
+      self.buffer = self.buffer[size:]
+      return ret
+
+    # Otherwise, zip the input until we have enough bytes.
+    while True:
+      # Attempt to retrieve the next bytes to write.
+      is_done = False
+      try:
+        s = self.input.next()
+        self.zipper.write(s)
+      except StopIteration:
+        is_done = True
+
+      if len(self.buffer) < size or is_done:
+        self.zipper.flush()
+
+      if len(self.buffer) >= size or is_done:
+        ret = self.buffer[0:size]
+        self.buffer = self.buffer[size:]
+        return ret
+
+  def flush(self):
+    pass
+  
+  def write(self, data):
+    self.buffer += data
+
+  def close(self):
+    self.input.close()