Translate Decimal / IP dotted quad

Here are simple functions to translate decimal/ip dotted quad in python.
Usage:
>dot2dec("64.233.189.99")
1089060195L
>dec2dot(1089060195L)
'64.233.189.99'
>

import types
def dot2dec(ipForm, useHex = False):
 if type(ipForm) == types.StringType:
  ipf = ipForm.split(".")
 elif type(ipForm) in (types.ListType, types.TupleType):
  ipf = ipForm
 elif type(ipForm) in (types.LongType, types.IntType):
  return None
 return reduce(lambda a,b: long(a)*256 + long(b), ipf)

def dec2dot(numbericIP):
 if type(numbericIP) == types.StringType and not numbericIP.isdigit() :
  return None
 numIP = long(numbericIP)
 return "%d.%d.%d.%d" % ((numIP>>24)&0xFF, (numIP>>16)&0xFF, (numIP>>8)&0xFF, numIP&0xFF)

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