Function
pickle.encode_long

Signature

encode_long(x)

Documentation String

Encode a long to a two's complement little-endian binary string. Note that 0L is a special case, returning an empty string, to save a byte in the LONG1 pickling context.

>>> encode_long(0L) '' >>> encode_long(255L) \xff\x00 >>> encode_long(32767L) \xff\x7f >>> encode_long(-256L) \x00\xff >>> encode_long(-32768L) \x00\x80 >>> encode_long(-128L) \x80 >>> encode_long(127L) \x7f >>>