* Load .json.gz files directly
* Add helper function to load .json and replace json.load references
* add test and update change log
* add .json.gz in EXTENSIONS_DYNAMIC
Co-authored-by: Moritz <mr-tz@users.noreply.github.com>
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Co-authored-by: Moritz <mr-tz@users.noreply.github.com>