The cell_parser() function is the heart of our program. It's responsible for actually extracting the data stored within the cells. As we'll see, varints add another wrinkle to the code; however, for the most part, we're still ultimately parsing binary structures using struct and making decisions based on those values:
173 def cell_parser(wal_dict, x, y, frame):174 """175 The cell_parser function processes WAL cells.176 :param wal_dict: The dictionary containing parsed WAL objects.177 :param x: An integer specifying the current frame.178 :param y: An integer specifying the current cell.179 :param frame: The content within the frame read from the WAL180 file.181 :return: Nothing.182 """
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