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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def writeBytes(self, s):
 """ Write a string of bytes to the data stream. """

        l = len(s)

        if l > 0xffff:
            self.writeType(TYPE_LONGSTRING)
        else:
            self.writeType(TYPE_STRING)

        if l > 0xffff:
            self.stream.write_ulong(l)
        else:
            self.stream.write_ushort(l)

        self.stream.write(s)