title: reading bytes literally in python
body: <p>I am reading three bytes from a file in python 
  the bytes in the hex format 
  exact byte values are \x00 \x07 \x71</p>
  
  <p>but when I read these bytes using fp.read method python converts the last byte to q</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way to avoid the conversion when python reads the bytes to ASCII and literally read the byte value</p>