all_ints.py

"""
Data are bits
Numbers can be written as bits
Therefore, any data can be written as a number

Here is a small playground
"""


def text_to_int(filename):
    """
    Converts a UTF-8 encoded text file into an integer
    """
    data = open(filename).read()
    data = data.encode("utf-8")
    return int(data.hex(), 16)


def int_to_text(n):
    """
    Converts an integer into a UTF-8 encoded text
    """
    data = n.to_bytes((n.bit_length() + 7) // 8, "big")
    data = data.decode("utf-8")
    return data


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print("This code, as a huge integer:")
    print(text_to_int("all_ints.py"))

    print("\nThat huge integer as text:")
    print(int_to_text(text_to_int("all_ints.py")))