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    \$\begingroup\$ Quick explanation: The zlib.decompress('...') evaluates to {'G?':' ', 'G;':' ','G"':' ',.......}, and a is a dictionary which maps from 2 character to 1 character. Basically 2-character variant of Steadybox's answer. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 8:53
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    \$\begingroup\$ As I can see, the literal is 17780 bytes. You can reduce it to 11619 chars by removing whitespaces in the decompressed content, which saves 12322 bytes. (if I counted correctly) Also... converting hex escape codes to actual raw characters may save even more bytes. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 14:18
  • \$\begingroup\$ How do I post something here if it is raw bytes? \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 15:13
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    \$\begingroup\$ xxd, hexdump, uuencode, or similar \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 15:29
  • \$\begingroup\$ @user202729 Just note that Python code cannot contain actual raw NUL bytes. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 26, 2018 at 21:03