Flatten array

handlers/serverPingHandler.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import struct
 from objects import glob
+from helpers import dataHelper
 
 def handle(client, data):
 	ping_ip = ".".join((str(x) for x in struct.unpack(b"<BBBB", data[4:8])))
@@ -37,14 +38,14 @@ def query_r():
 	packet_data.append(len(rules)) # len_rules
 
 	for name, value in rules.items():
-		packet_data.append(len(name)) # len_name
-		packet_data.append(name)
-		packet_data.append(len(value)) # len_value
-		packet_data.append(value)
+		packet_data.append([
+			len(name), name,
+			len(value), value
+		])
 
-	flat_packet_data = [y for x in packet_data for y in x] # flattens the packet data arrays to one stream
+	flat_packet_data = dataHelper.flatten(packet_data)
 
-	packet = struct.pack(b"<H" + b"c%dsc%ds" * packet_data[0] # using len_rules
+	packet = struct.pack(b"<H" + b"c%dsc%ds" * flat_packet_data[0] # using len_rules
 			% [y for x in rules.items() for y in x], # array of only rules entries
 		*flat_packet_data)
 

helpers/dataHelper.py

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def flatten(l):
+    return flatten(l[0]) + (flatten(l[1:]) if len(l) > 1 else []) if type(l) is list else [l]

objects/server.py

@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@ class Server(Thread):
 			for client in clients:
 				client.write_socket()
 
-			for c in self.clients.values():
-				print(c.__writebuffer)
+			"""for c in self.clients.values():
+				print(c.__writebuffer)"""