Comment by saagarjha
21 hours ago
idk just spitballing I would maybe do something like
from parser import struct, packed, array, u8, u32, u64
@struct(packed)
class ASIF:
magic: array[u8, 4]
field4: u32
field8: u32
fieldC: u32
field10: u64
field18: u64
field20: array[u8, 16]
field30: u64
field38: u64
field40: u32
field44: u32
field48: u32
field4C: u32
let asif = ASIF.from_bytes(...)
print(asif.fieldC)
I'll admit I do really like that.
I still think it proves my point: your original objection was about the syntax being C-like and, as I predicted, the differences in syntax in your idea (where the type goes, colon vs positional, etc.) are all trivialities that don't affect usability.
What's better about your idea is that it's actual Python code rather than being embedded in a string. Maybe that was your point originally and I misunderstood.
Looks like this package works like this: https://harrymander.xyz/dataclasses-struct/