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+# paddng string
+padding =
+
+# name tables
+
+# read name tables found in SMG binary files
+
+# ~ # structure raw
+# ~ class smg_name_table_raw:
+  # ~ # functions
+  # ~ def __init__(self):
+    # ~ self.name_count = None
+    # ~ self.unknown1 = None
+    # ~ self.name_info = [] # of name_count length
+    # ~ self.names = [] # of name_count length
+  # ~ def __str__(self):
+    # ~ rtn =  "Name count: %s\n" % (self.name_count)
+    # ~ rtn += "Unknown 1: %04X\n" % (self.unknown1)
+    # ~ rtn += "Names information:\n"
+    # ~ for i in range(self.name_count):
+      # ~ rtn += "  Name %d:\n" % (i)
+      # ~ rtn += self.name_info[i].__str__()
+    # ~ rtn += "Names:\n"
+    # ~ for i in range(self.name_count):
+      # ~ rtn += "  Index %d -> %s\n" % (i, names[i])
+    # ~ return rtn
+  
+  # ~ # information about the names
+  # ~ class smg_name_info:
+    # ~ # functions
+    # ~ def __init__(self):
+      # ~ self.hash = None
+      # ~ self.offset = None
+    # ~ def __str__(self):
+      # ~ rtn =  "    Hash: %04X\n" % (self.hash)
+      # ~ rtn += "    Offset: %s\n" % (self.offset)
+      # ~ return rtn
+
+# ~ # actual structure to use
+# ~ class smg_name_table_info:
+  # ~ # functions
+  # ~ def __init__(self):
+    # ~ self.name_count = None
+    # ~ self.names = [] # of length name_count
+  # ~ def __init__(self):
+    # ~ rtn =  "Name count: %s\n" % (self.name_count)
+    # ~ rtn += "Names:\n"
+    # ~ for i in range(self.name_count):
+      # ~ rtn += "  Index %d -> %s\n" % (names[i])
+    # ~ return rtn
+
+# ~ # create a global variable to hold temporal information
+# ~ name_table_raw_info = None
+# ~ name_table_error_str = "name_table-error: "
+# ~ f = None
+
+# ~ # main function
+# ~ # will read and will check while reading
+# ~ def read_name_table(byte_array):
+  
+  # ~ # make global variables editable
+  # ~ global f
+  # ~ global name_table_raw_info
+  # ~ # "pre read" the file
+  # ~ result_str = pre_read_name_table(byte_array)
+  # ~ print(result_str)
+  # ~ return None
+
+# ~ # function to check an encoded name table before getting its full information out
+# ~ def pre_read_name_table(byte_array):
+  
+  
+  
+  # ~ return name_table_error_str + "all good"
+