text: import sys
  try:
  	import MacOS
  except ImportError:
  	MacOS = None
  
  def _reverseString(s):
  	s = list(s)
  	s.reverse()
  	return "".join(s)
  
  
  def getMacCreatorAndType(path):
  	if MacOS is not None:
  		fileCreator, fileType = MacOS.GetCreatorAndType(path)
  		if sys.byteorder == "little":
  			# work around bug in MacOS.GetCreatorAndType() on intel:
  			# http://bugs.python.org/issue1594
  			fileCreator = _reverseString(fileCreator)
  			fileType = _reverseString(fileType)
  		return fileCreator, fileType
  	else:
  		return None, None
  
  
  def setMacCreatorAndType(path, fileCreator, fileType):
  	if MacOS is not None:
  		if sys.byteorder == "little":
  			# work around bug in MacOS.SetCreatorAndType() on intel:
  			# http://bugs.python.org/issue1594
  			fileCreator = _reverseString(fileCreator)
  			fileType = _reverseString(fileType)
  		MacOS.SetCreatorAndType(path, fileCreator, fileType)
  