gzip file problem

[kjm]

I've got a small gzip compressed file called Lcomp.py
The file is valid & I can print it in both it's compressed & uncompressed formats

with open('Lcomp.py', 'r') as f: m=f.read(); print(); print('compressed L:'); s=repr(m); print(s); print(len(s), 'bytes')
import uzlib; from uio import StringIO as s; u=uzlib.DecompIO(s(m),31); m=u.read(); print(); print('decomp: '); print(m); print(len(m), 'bytes')
if '\x1f\x08' in m:  import uzlib; from uio import StringIO as s; u=uzlib.DecompIO(s(m),31); m=u.read(); print(); print('if test decomp: '); print(m); print(len(m), 'bytes')

gives

compressed L:
'\x1f\x08\x08v<Ia\x04\x00L.py\x00]\r\n0\x10\uf17e\x03\x14\x0b*\x04?b\t\x1bx\x0c-\x05 4\U0001102e\x12S\x12\x07o"\x0b\x0b\x03\x001\x0cHy9\x08dg\x011+\x05d\x04\x18Vq\\$\x1b)\x07\x01]\x150(~\u64bc\u0379FkF7!kH,lrU\x0ee\x01a#2X\x03.\x0e\x06W\x10+\x0fmZ\x13\u02b1\x0e\x12\x1b\u05e0\x0f\x0132\x11!<%F\x08\x1c:\x05\x1685\x01K\x04zsU\x04\x03\x08~v\x13\x1b\x06\U0002f6ff\x1cn>\\I\x07\x00\x00\x00'
386 bytes

decomp: 
b'[[72, 86, 148], ["  if len(L)!=5: TxL.append([\'wrong list length\', len(L)); return\\r", "  print(); print(\'new file:\'); print(nf); with open(\'newfile\', \'w\') as f: f.write(nf)\\r", "            if \'[\' in m: TxL.append(m)\\r"], [72, 86, 148], [], []]\r\n'
247 bytes

What I don't understand is why it fails to print a second time after I test it for the compression header '\x1f\x08' ? Any body see what I'm doing wrong?

[livius]

@kjm
you have overridden value of m in second line
so in third line it is not the same operation as you decompress already decompressed value.

And really better if you follow guaidance of writing python code, as you write all in one line.
Python designed indents to have more understandable code at first look.

[kjm]

OK, I redid

def _decomp(c):
  import uzlib
  from uio import StringIO as s
  u=uzlib.DecompIO(s(c),31)
  n=u.read()
  print(); print('decomp: ')
  print(n)
  print(len(n), 'bytes')


with open('Lcomp.py', 'r') as f: m=f.read()
print(); print('compressed L:')
s=repr(m); print(s)
print(len(s), 'bytes')

_decomp(m)
if '\x1f\x08' in m:  _decomp(m)

but my problem persists

compressed L:
'\x1f\x08\x08v<Ia\x04\x00L.py\x00]\r\n0\x10\uf17e\x03\x14\x0b*\x04?b\t\x1bx\x0c-\x05 4\U0001102e\x12S\x12\x07o"\x0b\x0b\x03\x001\x0cHy9\x08dg\x011+\x05d\x04\x18Vq\\$\x1b)\x07\x01]\x150(~\u64bc\u0379FkF7!kH,lrU\x0ee\x01a#2X\x03.\x0e\x06W\x10+\x0fmZ\x13\u02b1\x0e\x12\x1b\u05e0\x0f\x0132\x11!<%F\x08\x1c:\x05\x1685\x01K\x04zsU\x04\x03\x08~v\x13\x1b\x06\U0002f6ff\x1cn>\\I\x07\x00\x00\x00'
386 bytes

decomp: 
b'[[72, 86, 148], ["  if len(L)!=5: TxL.append([\'wrong list length\', len(L)); return\\r", "  print(); print(\'new file:\'); print(nf); with open(\'newfile\', \'w\') as f: f.write(nf)\\r", "            if \'[\' in m: TxL.append(m)\\r"], [72, 86, 148], [], []]\r\n'
247 bytes

only 1 print

[livius]

@kjm said in gzip file problem:

if '\x1f\x08'

what if you write

if b'\x1f\x08' in