[1.8.x] Fixed #24242 -- Improved efficiency of utils.text.compress_sequence()

The function no longer flushes zfile after each write as doing so can
lead to the gzipped streamed content being larger than the original
content; each flush adds a 5/6 byte type 0 block. Removing this means
buf.read() may return nothing, so only yield if that has some data.
Testing shows without the flush() the buffer is being flushed every 17k
or so and compresses the same as if it had been done as a whole string.

Backport of caa3562d5b from master

django/utils/text.py

@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ class StreamingBuffer(object):
         self.vals.append(val)
 
     def read(self):
+        if not self.vals:
+            return b''
         ret = b''.join(self.vals)
         self.vals = []
         return ret
@@ -323,8 +325,9 @@ def compress_sequence(sequence):
     yield buf.read()
     for item in sequence:
         zfile.write(item)
-        zfile.flush()
+        data = buf.read()
-        yield buf.read()
+        if data:
+            yield data
     zfile.close()
     yield buf.read()
 

tests/utils_tests/test_text.py

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from unittest import skipUnless
+import json
 import warnings
+from unittest import skipUnless
 
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase, ignore_warnings
 from django.test.utils import reset_warning_registry
@@ -198,6 +199,15 @@ class TestUtilsText(SimpleTestCase):
         filename = "^&'@{}[],$=!-#()%+~_123.txt"
         self.assertEqual(text.get_valid_filename(filename), "-_123.txt")
 
+    def test_compress_sequence(self):
+        data = [{'key': i} for i in range(10)]
+        seq = list(json.JSONEncoder().iterencode(data))
+        seq = [s.encode('utf-8') for s in seq]
+        actual_length = len(b''.join(seq))
+        out = text.compress_sequence(seq)
+        compressed_length = len(b''.join(out))
+        self.assertTrue(compressed_length < actual_length)
+
     @ignore_warnings(category=RemovedInDjango19Warning)
     def test_javascript_quote(self):
         input = "<script>alert('Hello \\xff.\n Welcome\there\r');</script>"