title: Calculating 16-bit integer value from two 8-bit integers?
body: <p>To illustrate what I mean: In a hex editor I have <code>8C 01</code> which is <code>396</code> little-endian. The data I'm working with is a tuple with two separate 8-bit integers <code>i = (140, 1)</code>.</p>
  
  <p>To calculate the 16-bit value my first approach was to simply multiply the 2nd integer by 255 then add the first. However this method is simply wrong as it does not give the correct value (due to my lack of knowledge). Can anyone provide a better (possibly Pythonic) approach?</p>