print((2**64).to_bytes(9, "little")) print((2**64).to_bytes(9, "big")) b = bytes(range(20)) il = int.from_bytes(b, "little") ib = int.from_bytes(b, "big") print(il) print(ib) print(il.to_bytes(20, "little")) print(ib.to_bytes(20, "big")) # check that extra zero bytes don't change the internal int value print(int.from_bytes(b + bytes(10), "little") == int.from_bytes(b, "little"))