zipfile: Add descriptive global variables for general purpose bit flags

[danifus]

BPO	44129
Nosy	@serhiy-storchaka, @vxgmichel, @danifus
PRs	bpo-44129: Add descriptive global variables for general purpose bit f… #26118

^{Note: these values reflect the state of the issue at the time it was migrated and might not reflect the current state.}

Show more details

GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2021-07-03.14:39:18.476>
created_at = <Date 2021-05-14.04:53:27.395>
labels = ['library', '3.11']
title = 'zipfile: Add descriptive global variables for general purpose bit flags'
updated_at = <Date 2021-09-09.08:44:42.613>
user = 'https://github.com/danifus'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2021-09-09.08:44:42.613>
actor = 'vxgmichel'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2021-07-03.14:39:18.476>
closer = 'serhiy.storchaka'
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2021-05-14.04:53:27.395>
creator = 'dhillier'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 44129
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 3.0
messages = ['393622', '396906', '396907']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['serhiy.storchaka', 'vxgmichel', 'dhillier']
pr_nums = ['26118']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = None
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue44129'
versions = ['Python 3.11']

[danifus]

In the zipfile module, masking of bit flags is done against hex numbers eg. if flags & 0x800...

To increase readability I suggest we replace these with global variables named for the purpose of the flag. From the example above:

if flags & 0x800
becomes:
if flags & _MASK_UTF_FILENAME

[serhiy-storchaka]

New changeset 556d5ad by Daniel Hillier in branch 'main':
bpo-44129: Add descriptive global variables for general purpose bit flags (GH-26118)
556d5ad

[serhiy-storchaka]

Thank you for your contribution Daniel.