Message.encode(): do not raise an exception for blobs of incorrect si…

…ze in container frames There are some (relatively rare) cases were one might want to produce frames that are not fully correct, e.g., when making unit tests... Signed-off-by: Andreas Lauser <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Alexander Walz <[email protected]>
andlaus · Nov 15, 2023 · 1bba0e8 · 1bba0e8
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diff --git a/src/cantools/database/can/message.py b/src/cantools/database/can/message.py
@@ -851,15 +851,16 @@ def _encode_container(self,
             if isinstance(value, bytes):
                 # raw data
 
-                # ensure that the size of the blob corresponds to the
-                # one specified by the featured message.
+                # produce a message if size of the blob does not
+                # correspond to the size specified by the message
+                # which it represents.
                 if contained_message is not None and \
-                   len(value) != contained_message.length:
+                    len(value) != contained_message.length:
 
-                    raise EncodeError(f'Specified data for contained message '
-                                      f'{contained_message.name} is '
-                                      f'{len(value)} bytes instead of '
-                                      f'{contained_message.length} bytes')
+                    LOGGER.info(f'Specified data for contained message '
+                                f'{contained_message.name} is '
+                                f'{len(value)} bytes instead of '
+                                f'{contained_message.length} bytes')
 
                 contained_payload = value