read unformatted / binary fortran file with python

binary.f90

program test
      integer :: i
      open(1, file='test.dat', access='stream', form='unformatted')
      do i = 1, 10
         write(1) i
         write(1) dble(i)**2
      end do
      close(1)
end program test

binary.py

import numpy as np

f = open('test.dat', 'rb')
dt = np.dtype("i4,f8")
x = np.fromfile( f, dtype=dt, count=-1 )
f.close()
print x