def get_binary_blob()

in library/scripts/string_pack.py [0:0]

• 19 lines of code
• 4 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    def get_binary_blob(self):
        blob = bytearray()
        blob_append_16_bit(blob, len(self.strings))
        blob_append_16_bit(blob, len(self.plurals))
        # Write the strings. Note that the parser in ParsedStringPack.java expects this to be
        # sorted by ID.
        # However the ids are already entered in sorted manner. So no need to re-sort them
        for id in self.strings:
            blob_append_16_bit(blob, id)
            start, length = self.strings[id]
            blob_append_32_bit(blob, start)
            blob_append_16_bit(blob, length)
        # Write the plurals
        for id in self.plurals:
            blob_append_16_bit(blob, id)
            plural = self.plurals[id]
            blob.append(len(plural))  # Just one byte
            for quantity_id in sorted(plural):
                blob.append(quantity_id)  # Just one byte
                start, length = plural[quantity_id]
                blob_append_32_bit(blob, start)
                blob_append_16_bit(blob, length)
        return bytes(blob)