makeBitMask.py

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import lsst.afw.image as afwImage

__all__ = ["makeBitMask"]

def makeBitMask(maskPlaneNameList, doInvert=False):
    """Generate a bit mask consisting of ORed together Mask bit planes
    
    @deprecated use afwImage.MaskU.getPlaneBitMask(maskPlaneNameList) instead.
    
    @input[in] maskPlaneNameList: list of mask plane names
    @input[in] doInvert: if True then invert the result
    
    @return a bit mask consisting of the named bit planes ORed together (with the result possibly inverted)
    """
    bitMask = afwImage.MaskU.getPlaneBitMask(maskPlaneNameList)
    if doInvert:
        bitMask = (2**afwImage.MaskU_getNumPlanesMax() - 1) - bitMask
    return bitMask