snakeoil.struct_compat module

Minor struct enhancements, and python version compatibility implementations

This is deprecated. Use struct, with s.unpack(fd.read(s.size)) and fd.write(s.pack(...)) in place of Struct.read and Struct.write.

class snakeoil.struct_compat.Struct

Bases: Struct

Struct extension class adding read and write methods for handling files

read(fd)

given file like object fd, unpack a record from it

write(fd, *args)

given file like object fd, write a record from it

args must match the number of required values for this instances format; see pack() for details.

exception snakeoil.struct_compat.error

Bases: Exception

snakeoil.struct_compat.pack(format, v1, v2, ...) → bytes

Return a bytes object containing the values v1, v2, … packed according to the format string. See help(struct) for more on format strings.

snakeoil.struct_compat.unpack(format, buffer, /)

Return a tuple containing values unpacked according to the format string.

The buffer’s size in bytes must be calcsize(format).

See help(struct) for more on format strings.