This little script converts and reconverts text (in UTF-8 encoding) into binary data representated as TAB(0) and SPACE(1) for maximal readability, ease of use and most importantly space efficiency - because nothing is as efficient as an 8x increase in space requirements.
This is partially inspired by the paradigm-shifting Whitespace programming language, a language using only SPACE, TAB, and LINEBREAK to convey logic, but using three different characters (and allowing more unused ones) seems to be a bit overkill and could significantly impact readability, therefore a generalized solution that can also encode common Whitespace programs with only tabs and spaces was desperately needed. As an example, I have encoded a whitespace "Hello World!" example to really highlight what this wonderful script can do! I think we can all agree that it looks much better now.
'Hello World'
is encoded so give us the much more useful following string:
'
'
and yes, we can obviously revert this encoding back to give us
'Hello World'
again.
python3 main.py main.py encoded --encodeencodes the main.py and places the encoded file in the encoded subdirectory.
python3 main.py encoded decoded --decodedecodes the encoded subdirectory and places the output in the decoded subfolder.
usage: main.py [-h] [--encode] [--decode] source destination
Encode files into {tab,space} binary.
positional arguments:
source Path of file or folder that serves as source for conversion.
destination Path of folder that serves as target for conversion.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--encode Encode source to destination.
--decode Encode source to destination.