parameters: (self)
return_statement: return long_to_bytes(self._value, 16)
docstring: Return the field element, encoded as a 16 byte string.
docstring_summary: Return the field element, encoded as a 16 byte string.
docstring_tokens: Return the field element encoded as a 16 byte string .
function: def encode(self):
          """Return the field element, encoded as a 16 byte string."""
  
          return long_to_bytes(self._value, 16)
function_tokens: def encode ( self ) : return long_to_bytes ( self . _value , 16 )