title: ReadInt(), ReadByte(), ReadString(), etc. in Python?
body: <p>The functions ReadInt(), ReadByte(), and ReadString() (to name a few) exist in other languages for reading input from streams. I am trying to read from a socket, and I want to use functions like these. Are they tucked away in Python somewhere under a different way or has someone made a library for it?</p>
  
  <p>Also, there are Write<em>datatype</em>() counterparts.</p>