import sys

def byteorder():
    return sys.byteorder

def standart_encoding():
    return sys.getdefaultencoding()

def standart_ausgabeencoding():
    return sys.stdout.encoding()

def string2bytes(text):
    try:
        bytestream = bytes(text, "utf-8")
    except Exception as e:
        print('string2bytes: error: {}'.format(e))
        return
    return bytestream

def bytes2string(bytes):
    try:
        text = str(bytes, "utf-8")
    except Exception as e:
        print('bytes2string: error: {}'.format(e))
        text = ''
    return text