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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 to_bytes(self):
        '''
        Takes a list of IPOption objects and returns a packed byte string
        of options, appropriately padded if necessary.
        '''
        raw = b''
        if not self._options:
            return raw
        for ipopt in self._options:
            raw += ipopt.to_bytes()
        padbytes = 4 - (len(raw) % 4)
        raw += b'\x00'*padbytes
        return raw