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

[Jon Ribbens]

In article <mailman.1036637768.2375.python-list at python.org>, Tim Peters wrote:
> You didn't answer the question about what you *intended* 0x80000000 to mean.

I intend it to mean a set bit followed by 31 cleared bits.

> The answer to your question follows from that.  If you intended a 1 bit
> followed by 31 zero bits, then, no, -0x7fffffff-1 doesn't mean that on some
> platforms even today (or even in 1993, for that matter <wink>).

What platforms doesn't it mean that on? What does it mean on those
platforms? Are you talking about platforms with 16-bit integers?
If so, I don't care.