def build()

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

• 14 lines of code
• 3 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def build(input_file_names, output_file_name, id_finder, plural_handler):
    """Builds the string pack and writes it to a file.

    It tries both UTF-8 and UTF-16 to see which one is smaller, and then writes
    the string pack in that encoding."""
    packs = []
    for encoding in _ENCODING_ID.keys():
        full_store = StringPack(encoding=encoding)
        for input_file_name in input_file_names:
            locale = extract_locale_from_file_name(input_file_name)
            full_store.add_for_locale(
                locale,
                read_string_dict(locale, input_file_name, id_finder, plural_handler),
            )
        full_store.compile()
        packs.append(full_store)

    smallest_pack = min(packs, key=lambda p: p.string_buffer_size())
    smallest_pack.write_to_file(output_file_name)