Which list of numbers is bigger?

reversed_numbers_sum.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

from string import digits
from typing import List, Tuple


def make_number_lists(base: str = None) -> Tuple[List[str], List[str]]:

    base = base or digits[1:]

    fwidth = len(base)

    a = [base[: n + 1].ljust(fwidth, "0") for n in range(fwidth)]

    b = [value[::-1] for value in a]

    return (a, b)


def compare_lists(list0: List[str], list1: List[str]) -> None:

    sum_list0 = sum(map(int, list0))
    sum_list1 = sum(map(int, list1))

    fwidth = max([len(element) for element in list0])

    for x, y in zip(reversed(list0), reversed(list1)):
        if x == list0[0]:
            print(f"+{x} +{y}")
        else:
            print(f" {x}  {y}")

    bar = "-" * (fwidth + 1)
    print(" ".join([bar, bar]))
    print(sum_list0, sum_list1)


if __name__ == "__main__":

    a, b = make_number_lists()

    compare_lists(a, b)