title: Compression with best ratio in Python?
body: <p>Which compression method in Python has the best compression ratio?</p>
  
  <p>Is the commonly used <code>zlib.compress()</code> the best or are there some better options? I need to get the best compression ratio possible.</p>
  
  <p>I am compresing strings and sending them over UDP. A typical string I compress has about 1,700,000 bytes.</p>