API: Add compression argument to Series.to_csv
State: closed

- [ ] closes #18958
- [x] tests added / passed
- [x] passes `git diff upstream/master -u -- "*.py" | flake8 --diff`
- [x] whatsnew entry


Labels:
name: Docs
name: Output-Formatting
description: __repr__ of pandas objects, to_string

Comments:
Hello @reidy-p! Thanks for updating the PR.







Cheers ! There are no PEP8 issues in this Pull Request. :beers: 

##### Comment last updated on January 14, 2018 at 23:47 Hours UTC
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@jreback did you post comments? I can't see any.
sorry, see #19226 want to parametrize these tests
@jreback @reidy-p : I like the `decompress` utility (it should be applied to our `DataFrame.to_csv` tests), but this patch for `Series.to_csv` is only a band-aid.  We should really implement what you summarized in your comment <a href="https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/18958#issuecomment-357449553">here</a> to close this issue.
@gfyoung I agree, but it puts this in a central location at least for now.
thanks @reidy-p ok would love to work on centralizing the compression tests!