def pack()

in redis/connection.py [0:0]
34 lines of code
10 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    def pack(self, *args):
        """Pack a series of arguments into the Redis protocol"""
        output = []
        # the client might have included 1 or more literal arguments in
        # the command name, e.g., 'CONFIG GET'. The Redis server expects these
        # arguments to be sent separately, so split the first argument
        # manually. These arguments should be bytestrings so that they are
        # not encoded.
        if isinstance(args[0], str):
            args = tuple(args[0].encode().split()) + args[1:]
        elif b" " in args[0]:
            args = tuple(args[0].split()) + args[1:]

        buff = SYM_EMPTY.join((SYM_STAR, str(len(args)).encode(), SYM_CRLF))

        buffer_cutoff = self._buffer_cutoff
        for arg in map(self.encode, args):
            # to avoid large string mallocs, chunk the command into the
            # output list if we're sending large values or memoryviews
            arg_length = len(arg)
            if (
                len(buff) > buffer_cutoff
                or arg_length > buffer_cutoff
                or isinstance(arg, memoryview)
            ):
                buff = SYM_EMPTY.join(
                    (buff, SYM_DOLLAR, str(arg_length).encode(), SYM_CRLF)
                )
                output.append(buff)
                output.append(arg)
                buff = SYM_CRLF
            else:
                buff = SYM_EMPTY.join(
                    (
                        buff,
                        SYM_DOLLAR,
                        str(arg_length).encode(),
                        SYM_CRLF,
                        arg,
                        SYM_CRLF,
                    )
                )
        output.append(buff)
        return output