from collections.abc import Callable

from .specs import MsgDict

_SPECIAL_CASES: dict[str, Callable[[MsgDict], list[object]]]

def encode_message(msg: MsgDict) -> list[int]:
    """Encode msg dict as a list of bytes.

    TODO: Add type and value checking.
          (Can be turned off with keyword argument.)

    This is not a part of the public API.
    """