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[hippotat] / hippotit / slip.py

# SLIP handling

end = b'\300'
esc = b'\333'
esc_end = b'\334'
esc_esc = b'\335'
delimiter = end

def encode(packet):
  return (packet
          .replace(esc, esc + esc_esc)
          .replace(end, esc + esc_end))

def decode(data):
  print('DECODE ', repr(data))
  out = []
  for packet in data.split(end):
    pdata = b''
    while True:
      eix = packet.find(esc)
      if eix == -1:
        pdata += packet
        break
      #print('ESC ', repr((pdata, packet, eix)))
      pdata += packet[0 : eix]
      ck = packet[eix+1]
      #print('ESC... %o' % ck)
      if   ck == esc_esc[0]: pdata += esc
      elif ck == esc_end[0]: pdata += end
      else: raise ValueError('invalid SLIP escape')
      packet = packet[eix+2 : ]
    out.append(pdata)
  print('DECODED ', repr(out))
  return out
# -*- python -*-