v2.4.1 Faster shapefile writes.

Author: JamesParrott

README.md

@@ -95,10 +95,13 @@ part of your geospatial project.
 
 # Version Changes
 
-## 2.4.0
+## 2.4.1
+
+###	Improvements:
+- Speed up writing shapefiles by up to ~39%.  Combined for loops of calls to f.write(pack(...)), into single calls.
 
 ### Breaking Change.  Support for Python 2 and Pythons <= 3.8 to be dropped.
-- PyShp 2.4.0 is the latest (and likely last) version of PyShp to support Python 2.7 and Pythons <= 3.8.
+- PyShp 2.4.1 is the latest (and likely last) version of PyShp to support Python 2.7 and Pythons <= 3.8.
 These CPython versions have reached [end of life](https://devguide.python.org/versions/#versions).
 - Future development will focus on PyShp v3.0.0 onwards (currently intended to supporting Pythons >= 3.9).
 - This will not break any projects, as pip and other package managers should not install PyShp 3.0.0
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ bug fixes and features.
 - If this negatively impacts your project, all feedback about this decision is welcome
 on our [the discussion page](https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp/discussions/290).
 
+## 2.4.0
 
 ### New Features:
 - Reader.iterRecords now allows start and stop to be specified, to lookup smaller ranges of records.

changelog.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-VERSION 2.4.0
+VERSION 2.4.1
+
+2025-07-30
+	Improvements:
+	* Speed up writing shapefiles by up to ~39%.  Combined for loops of calls to f.write(pack(...)), into single calls.
 
-2025-07-21
 	Forthcoming Breaking Change.  Support for Python 2 and Pythons <= 3.8 to be dropped.
-	* PyShp 2.4.0 is the latest (and likely last) version of PyShp to support Python 2.7 and Pythons <= 3.8.
+	* PyShp 2.4.1 is the latest (and likely last) version of PyShp to support Python 2.7 and Pythons <= 3.8.
 	  These CPython versions have reached [end of life](https://devguide.python.org/versions/#versions).
 	* Future development will focus on PyShp v3.0.0 onwards (currently intended to supporting Pythons >= 3.9).
 	* This will not break any projects, as pip and other package managers should not install PyShp 3.0.0
@@ -11,6 +14,10 @@ VERSION 2.4.0
 	* If this negatively impacts your project, all feedback about this decision is welcome
 	  on our [the discussion page](https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp/discussions/290).
 
+VERSION 2.4.0
+
+2025-07-21
+
 
 	New Features:
 	* Reader.iterRecords now allows start and stop to be specified, to lookup smaller ranges of records.

shapefile.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Compatible with Python versions 2.7-3.x
 """
 
-__version__ = "2.4.0"
+__version__ = "2.4.1"
 
 import array
 import io