pack_differentiae_bytes

pack_differentiae_bytes(strata: Iterable[HereditaryStratum], differentia_bit_width: int, always_omit_num_padding_bits_header: bool = False) → Buffer

Pack a sequence of differentiae together into a compact representation.

Returns a byte buffer concatenation of diffferentiae. If differentia_bit_width is not an even byte multiple, the first encoded byte tells how many empty padding bits, if any, were placed at the end of the concatenation in order to align the bitstring end to byte boundaries.