# base-256 representation. This allows values up to (256**(digits-1))-1.
# A 0o200 byte indicates a positive number, a 0o377 byte a negative
# number.
+ n = int(n)
if 0 <= n < 8 ** (digits - 1):
- s = bytes("%0*o" % (digits - 1, int(n)), "ascii") + NUL
+ s = bytes("%0*o" % (digits - 1, n), "ascii") + NUL
elif format == GNU_FORMAT and -256 ** (digits - 1) <= n < 256 ** (digits - 1):
if n >= 0:
s = bytearray([0o200])