int() built-in and hex "0x..." strings

[Bruce Edge]

In article <slrn.pl.9los2v.jh4.qrczak at qrnik.zagroda>, "Marcin 'Qrczak'
Kowalczyk" <qrczak at knm.org.pl> wrote:

> Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:07:57 -0700, Bruce Edge <bedge at troikanetworks.com>
> pisze:
> 
>>>>> int('0x80')
> 
>> Is there another int() type lib func that I should use instead?
> 
> int('0x80', 0) == 128
> int('80',   0) == 80

groan, thanks.

-Bruce.