import binascii


def packl(lnum, padmultiple=1):
    """Packs the lnum (which must be convertable to a long) into a
       byte string 0 padded to a multiple of padmultiple bytes in size. 0
       means no padding whatsoever, so that packing 0 result in an empty
       string.  The resulting byte string is the big-endian two's
       complement representation of the passed in long."""

    if lnum == 0:
        return b'\0' * padmultiple
    elif lnum < 0:
        raise ValueError("Can only convert non-negative numbers.")
    s = hex(lnum)[2:]
    s = s.rstrip('L')
    if len(s) & 1:
        s = '0' + s
    s = binascii.unhexlify(s)
    if (padmultiple != 1) and (padmultiple != 0):
        filled_so_far = len(s) % padmultiple
        if filled_so_far != 0:
            s = b'\0' * (padmultiple - filled_so_far) + s
    return s