Function encodePythonStringToC

nuitka/utils/CStrings.py:89–105

Encode bytes, so that it gives a C string literal.

(value)

def encodePythonStringToC(value):
    """Encode bytes, so that it gives a C string literal."""

    # Not all compilers allow arbitrary large C strings, therefore split it up
    # into chunks. That changes nothing to the meanings, but is easier on the
    # parser. Currently only MSVC is known to have this issue, but the
    # workaround can be used universally.

    result = _encodePythonStringToC(value[:16000])
    value = value[16000:]

    while value:
        result += " "
        result += _encodePythonStringToC(value[:16000])
        value = value[16000:]

    return result


def decodeCStringToPython(value):