low level data types

[dementrio]

How can I handle low-level data types in Python?
What I want to do is writing an interface to a C daemon which waits for
stuff like unsigned ints on a socket. For example, I need to craft and
decode data structures that look like this:

32-bit unsigned int MSG_LENGTH
32-bit unsigned int MSG_CODE
64-bit signed int DATA
32-bit length + utf-8 characters STRING_DATA
etc.

What's the right way to do this in Python?