python and bit shifts and byte order, oh my!

[Phil Frost]

The standard 'struct' module provides methods to specify the byte order
of the input.

On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 02:13:52PM -0500, Reid Nichol wrote:
> 
> >
> >The code that writes x to a file and reads it from a file is
> >what you have to worry about.
> >
> 
> So, I have to handle the byte order myself during file i/o.
> 
> 
> Thank you Grant and Daniel!  I cleared up a a bunch of my fuzziness :)