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

[Martin v. Loewis]

"Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com> writes:

> > 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 that?

Regards,
Martin