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# 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"