lbry-sdk/lbry/dht/protocol/distance.py
2020-01-01 15:57:56 -05:00

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from lbry.dht import constants
class Distance:
"""Calculate the XOR result between two string variables.
Frequently we re-use one of the points so as an optimization
we pre-calculate the value of that point.
"""
def __init__(self, key: bytes):
if len(key) != constants.hash_length:
raise ValueError(f"invalid key length: {len(key)}")
self.key = key
self.val_key_one = int.from_bytes(key, 'big')
def __call__(self, key_two: bytes) -> int:
if len(key_two) != constants.hash_length:
raise ValueError(f"invalid length of key to compare: {len(key_two)}")
val_key_two = int.from_bytes(key_two, 'big')
return self.val_key_one ^ val_key_two
def is_closer(self, a: bytes, b: bytes) -> bool:
"""Returns true is `a` is closer to `key` than `b` is"""
return self(a) < self(b)