The _comp_data() function never worked, it contained a reference to

gvanrossum · gvanrossum · commit 5c071fab8fac · 1999-05-03T18:02:44.000Z
undefined 'nframes'.  Should be self._nframes.  (Andrew Dalke &amp; kjpylint)
diff --git a/Lib/aifc.py b/Lib/aifc.py
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ def _comp_data(self, data):
 		import cl
 		dum = self._comp.SetParam(cl.FRAME_BUFFER_SIZE, len(data))
 		dum = self._comp.SetParam(cl.COMPRESSED_BUFFER_SIZE, len(data))
-		return self._comp.Compress(nframes, data)
+		return self._comp.Compress(self._nframes, data)
 
 	def _lin2ulaw(self, data):
 		import audioop
