[Ivan Van Laningham] | Hi All-- | | Tim Golden wrote: | > | > Try this: hex (-793919769) | > | > You might need to check back on recent discussions here re | > negative / positive numbers and hexadecimal. | > | > (Short version: we used to treat hex numbers with the top bit | > set as negative decimal numbers; now only negative hex numbers | > are negative decimals) | > | | | Of course I tried that. Did you? | | | Python 2.4 (#60, Nov 30 2004, 11:49:19) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on | win32 | Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. | >>> hex (-793919769) | '-0x2f524119' | >>> |
Yes I did. I just forgot to mention the critical fact that I'm still using 2.3.5: <dump> Python 2.3.5c1 (#61, Jan 25 2005, 19:52:06) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> hex (-793919769) __main__:1: FutureWarning: hex()/oct() of negative int will return a signed string in Python 2.4 and up '0xd0adbee7' >>> >>> </dump> TJG ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
