SVG Images - why doesn't Canvas use GZIP compression?

[m_dean]

I'm in the habit nowadays of providing logos and other icons in SVG format. This has the added benefit of providing a high resolution image for mobile devices and screens with a high DPI setting.

I did notice, while using Canvas with Chrome developer tools (as I always seem to do) that Canvas does not appear to apply GZIP compression to SVG.

Seeing that SVG is just an XML format, this means that GZIP/Deflate compression works wonders on it. Is this something worth requesting on the wishlist? I doubt it will get much in the way of attention...