hex/oct constants > sys.maxint will return positive values in Python 2.4 and up

[Fredrik Lundh]

Aahz wrote:

> >> Write it in a platform-independent way.  If you *intended* this literal to
> >> mean "a 1 bit followed by 31 zero bits", then stick an L on the end of the
> >> literal.
> >
> >...and remove it again when you get to Python 2.5.
>
> Why?

hint:

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          option, but it is off by default.

!     B2. The warning for long literals is turned on by default.

      B3. The warnings about operations that give different results than
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          option, but it is off by default.

!     B2. (This stage is deleted.)

      B3. The warnings about operations that give different results than

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