--- /usr/lib/python2.3/fileinput.py	2005-05-29 00:49:53.000000000 +0200
+++ ./fileinput.py	2005-06-22 13:34:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     global _state
     if _state and _state._file:
         raise RuntimeError, "input() already active"
-    _state = FileInput(files, inplace, backup, bufsize)
+    _state = _FileInput(files, inplace, backup, bufsize)
     return _state
 
 def close():
@@ -316,8 +316,7 @@
                     self._savestdout = sys.stdout
                     sys.stdout = self._output
                 else:
-                    # This may raise IOError
-                    self._file = open(self._filename, "r")
+                    self._file = self.openfile(self._filename)
         self._buffer = self._file.readlines(self._bufsize)
         self._bufindex = 0
         if not self._buffer:
@@ -325,6 +324,9 @@
         # Recursive call
         return self.readline()
 
+    def openfile(self, fn):
+        return open(fn, "r")
+
     def filename(self):
         return self._filename
 
@@ -340,6 +342,8 @@
     def isstdin(self):
         return self._isstdin
 
+_FileInput = FileInput
+
 def _test():
     import getopt
     inplace = 0
--- /dev/null	2005-04-04 13:35:33.000000000 +0200
+++ bz2fileinput.py	2005-06-22 13:34:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+import fileinput
+from fileinput import *
+from bz2 import BZ2File
+
+class BZ2FileInput(FileInput):
+
+    def openfile(self, fn):
+        try:
+            return BZ2File(fn)
+        except IOError:
+            return open(fn, "r")
+
+fileinput._FileInput = BZ2FileInput
+