1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/coverage/backward.py b/coverage/backward.py
index 0df2a41e..34ab2f1a 100644
--- a/coverage/backward.py
+++ b/coverage/backward.py
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ if env.PY3:
         """Produce a byte string with the ints from `byte_values`."""
         return bytes(byte_values)
 
+    def byte_to_int(byte):
+        """Turn a byte indexed from a bytes object into an int."""
+        return byte
+
     def bytes_to_ints(bytes_value):
         """Turn a bytes object into a sequence of ints."""
         # In Python 3, iterating bytes gives ints.
@@ -132,6 +136,10 @@ else:
         """Produce a byte string with the ints from `byte_values`."""
         return "".join(chr(b) for b in byte_values)
 
+    def byte_to_int(byte):
+        """Turn a byte indexed from a bytes object into an int."""
+        return ord(byte)
+
     def bytes_to_ints(bytes_value):
         """Turn a bytes object into a sequence of ints."""
         for byte in bytes_value: