code: def bits2codepoint(bits):
      
      bit_string = "".join([str(c) for c in reversed(bits)])
      return int(bit_string, 2)
docs: >>> c = bits2codepoint([0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0])
      >>> c
      72
      >>> chr(c)
      'H'
  
      >>> bits2codepoint("00010010")
      72
  
      >>> bits2codepoint([0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0])
      76