Way to know bytes of an int in Python [with bits class thrown in]

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This is considerably more efficient than the previous version:[code=Python]def ConvDecToBaseVa r3(num, base, dd=False):
if base > 16 or base < 2:
raise ValueError, 'The base number must be between 2 and 16.'
if not dd:
dd = dict(zip(range( 16), [hex(i).split('x ')[1] for i in range(16)]))
if num == 0: return ''
num, rem = divmod(num, base)
return ConvDecToBaseVa r3(num, base, dd)+dd[rem][/code]This avoids the recursion limit:[code=Python]def ConvDecToBaseVa r4(num, base):
if num < 2: return str(num)
if base > 16 or base < 2:
raise ValueError, 'The base number must be between 2 and 16.'
dd = dict(zip(range( 16), [hex(i).split('x ')[1] for i in range(16)]))
ans = ''
while num != 0:
num, rem = divmod(num, base)
ans = str(rem)+ans
return ans[/code]